Book excerpt: A town with a bite that’s worse than its bark… Slocum reckons he won’t find anything but trouble in a town called Hangdog. And he’s right on the money. Slocum’s good buddy, David Mix, is in danger of losing his land—and his life. And he’s pointing his finger at his biggest rival. But when Mix’s competitor starts losing cattle and men, Slocum realizes that Hangdog is infested with more fleas than a mangy cur—and he’s just itching to pull the trigger on ’em…