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Something whimpered underneath the porch. Harmon knelt and peered into the darkness. “Here, Digger. It’s all okay now.”

  The dog hauled itself out, whining. Harmon patted its flanked. “Good boy. Thanks for keeping quiet when I got here. There’s food inside if you want. Door’s open.”

  Digger glanced up into the preacher’s face, licked his lips with a swipe of pink tongue, and gave an enthusiastic bark.

  “Hush, now. Betsy needs her rest.”

  Digger sat on his haunches and sniffed the air. Harmon gazed thoughtfully over at the Smith farm, but all he could see was the top of the barn. He wasn’t one for sentiment, but blood was blood, after all, and the Smiths had owned the land for centuries. One day he might have to drop in again, just for old time’s sake.

  The Horseback Preacher hauled himself up into the familiar cup of Old Saint’s saddle. He gazed at the rim of Lost Ridge, where black smoke boiled against the red morning sky. Hell would have been proud of such scenery.

  “Come on, Saint, we’ve got places to be,” he said, giving a gentle lift to the reins. He didn’t have to point toward a destination. The horse, fat on souls and shrubs, knew the route as intimately as Harmon did.

  Narrow is the gate and hard the road that leads to life and light, truth and heaven, and there the road ends in peace for those fortunate enough to find it.

  But all other routes are twisting and endless. And on these trails, the Horseback Preacher rides alone.

  THE END

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  In the aftermath of a chilling supernatural showdown, Katy Logan is determined to protect the farm she’s inherited in the rural Appalachian community of Solom.

  But Solom’s mysterious past won’t rest in peace. More than a century after his death, the Reverend Harmon Smith, known to locals as “the Horseback Preacher,” has one final round to make atop his faithful horse Old Saint. He’s seeking someone to carry on his eternal quest of bloody retribution, and several of Solom’s holy men are eager to take the reins.

  But the Horseback Preacher has his dark gaze on one special disciple: Katy’s teen daughter Jett. Can Katy uncover Solom’s final secret and send the Horseback Preacher to the grave at last, or will she lose everything, including her soul?

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  Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 thrillers, including the After post-apocalyptic thriller series, The Home, McFall, Disintegration, Liquid Fear, and Speed Dating with the Dead. His books have appeared in the Kindle Top 100 more than a dozen times in five different countries. Visit his website at www.AuthorScottNicholson.com or his Amazon Author Central page.

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  Bad Blood (with J.R. Rain & H.T. Night)

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  Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 4

  Box of Boo: Library, Vol. 5

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