Just because you re off the grid doesn t mean you re not a target.
In this fiercely imaginative novel of suspense and satire, "Westworld" by way of "Django Unchained," a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot named Huey Palmer finds himself hired by a small cadre of treasure hunters that set out into the Nevada desert to find a gun. It s not just any gun that eccentric billionaire Ernie Swords wants, it s a long-lost antique, one with a story worth a fortune, and Swords has the money and the means to get it.
Where Huey and his cohorts soon find themselves, however, is stranded far from civilization in a forgotten town dubbed Showdown City, where the infamous gun is one of hundreds readily available for the townsfolk to settle any and all disputes. After living in isolation for over a hundred years, the town has morphed into a warped, lawless community overseen by a delusional tyrant and his quick-draw henchman and they do not take kindly to strangers.
Huey is the one who got them into this mess in Showdown City, and now, with the unlikeliest help, he has a plan to shoot their way out."