Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal #45

When a dying Eastern lawyer named Joel Marshfield arrives in town with a death wish, Marshal Wyatt Earp on his final day of duty decides to intervene—but not in the way Marshfield expects. Earp deliberately leads the ailing man into the desert, forcing him to work, hunt, and build alongside a relentless frontier lawman who seems indifferent to his countdown. As weeks pass and Marshfield's body grows lean and capable, Earp's harsh gambit reveals something neither man anticipated.

When Wyatt Earp rolls into Massacre Flats, he discovers a town held hostage by a crooked marshal and judge who've rigged the election to line their own pockets. Now Earp must find a way to expose the corruption and restore justice to citizens too intimidated to fight back. "Justice at a Price" is a sharp look at what happens when one man stands up against a system built on fear—and how quickly freedom can return when someone calls the bluff.

Marshal John Ott is sent to capture Tucker Tait, a man accused of robbery and attempted murder by the powerful Cowan brothers—but as Ott investigates, he begins to suspect the real story is far more complicated than the charges suggest. When Ott finally tracks Tait down at his homestead, a tense confrontation forces the marshal to choose between following orders and pursuing the truth. What unfolds is a test of judgment that will determine whether justice serves the innocent or merely the powerful.

Wyatt Earp faces off against Roger Holmes, a methodical professional gunslinger who has come to town with murder on his mind—and a month of careful observation of the marshal's every move to back it up. When Holmes crosses the line from stalking to violence, Earp arrests him, but a man who lives by the gun doesn't take humiliation lightly, and Holmes emerges from jail burning with a gangrenous hate that won't be satisfied until the frontier marshal pays.