Cowboy. Miner. Army scout. Matt Walker is a man shaped by the desert.

Raised hard and trained by the Apache, he’s faster, smarter, and deadlier than most men alive. When he rides into the dusty town of Joshua after a brutal encounter in the wild, he's not looking for trouble. But trouble finds him anyway.

Roscoe Bowen, an outlaw with his eyes on the Double O ranch, is willing to kill for what lies beneath its hills: gold. Backed by hired guns, Roscoe is ready to take the land by force. But Matt Walker isn’t about to stand by, especially after crossing paths with Otto Hicks’ strong-willed daughter, Dixie.

Caught in a range war, Matt will have to draw faster and think sharper than ever before. He doesn’t want to stay - but some fights won’t let a man walk away.

A gritty western tale of frontier justice, THE DESERT BORN is the second book in the Fast Gun series by Terence Newnes.