Book excerpt: Longarm’s about to hit this railroad gang like a freight train… Longarm is after a vicious gang that rides fast horses, carries telescopic rifles—and is driving up the body count on the Union Pacific railroad. But he’s also up against an aging, obsessed railroad detective who thinks this manhunt is his last chance to be a hero—and U.S. Marshal Custis Long is a glory-grabbing intruder. While the gang leaves a trail of bodies across the west, Longarm has to keep the chase from derailing like a head-on train wreck…