Death in the Lava

A Town Called Hell

The land echoed with the thundering hoofs of Modoc ponies. In minutes they swooped down and captured the wagon train and its cargo of gold. But an Indian could not spend stolen gold in the days when Captain Jack ruled the Modoc tribe. So they buried it deep in a cave in the lava beds at Tule Lake.

Now the big halfbreed they called Sun-dance was going after it. And he swore nothing would stand in his way—Indian savagery, the vicious gunfighters of the town named Hell or a beautiful rancher's woman with a roving eye.