The Last Ride

Robert E. Howard

Summary

Robert E. Howard may be best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian, but he also wrote in many other genres, including Westerns. "The Last Ride" is one of his serious Western stories, full of action and adventure as the five Laramie brothers set out to rob the Cattlemen’s Bank as their last big score before heading for Mexico.
 
But when Buck finally returns home six years later, with his brothers all dead, he finds a new band of outlaws impersonating the Laramies....

Available since: 07/18/2023.

Print length: 90 pages.

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