Black Diamond Western #60

Black Diamond races against dawn to prove that young Jerry Dolan isn't the outlaw known as the Scorpion—before an angry posse carries out a hanging. The masked marshal and his partner track the truth through ambushes and gunfights, leading to a final confrontation where only courage and quick thinking can stop a ruthless killer from claiming another victim.

A ruthless outlaw called the Scorpion has carved out a protection racket in the snowy northern territories, branding stolen cattle and forcing ranchers into submission—but he doesn't know that his old nemesis Black Diamond has tracked him down and arrived in the region with a cunning plan to stop him, even in a land where guns are now outlawed. As the Scorpion grows confident in his domination, Black Diamond begins leaving mysterious calling cards and forging an unlikely alliance to expose a conspiracy that may go deeper than simple rustling.

Big Bill Laramee rides into the Highbridge Saloon itching for a fight with the masked gunslinger Black Diamond, convinced one more notch on his gun will prove his superiority—but Black Diamond's got something far more effective than bullets ready for a braggart. When Big Bill's obsession with adding that final notch leads him to a desperate trap, both men discover that pride and vengeance aren't quite the virtues they thought they were.