Available as an ebook on Amazon. com, THE RECKONING is a coming-of-age Western adventure of greed, violence and retribution. The novel centers on the clash between a rugged old rancher and a dangerous, young Irish street thug. The story ranges from the rough streets of early 20th-century Manhattan to the vast expanses and treacherous intrigues of life in Wyoming cattle country. Tom Callaghan, 19, agrees reluctantly to leave New York for Wyoming to avoid a stretch in Sing Sing prison — accompanied by Will Sherman, the very man he assaulted. At Sherman's ranch, Tom immediately clashes with Will's headstrong daughter, Ellen, who views Tom as the usurper of her late brother's place. She is consumed with guilt over her role in her younger brother's death by the wild black stallion, Caliban. And Tom quickly finds himself facing the enemies of his benefactor, Will Sherman, in a deadly reckoning.