The guard just shook his head and said, “They’re down here in the office.”
Bob saw a man sitting inside, tapping his fingers on the desk impatiently. The guard closed the door behind him and Bob sat down without speaking.
“How you doing today, Mr. Ford?”
Bob said nothing.
“You want some food? A smoke maybe?”
Bob did not speak.
The man reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a short cigar. He puffed it a few times before he could get it to light and he said, “My name is Johnny Saringo. I spent a good deal of time looking for you up until you wound up here.”
“Why were you looking for me?”
“Because that’s what I do, Bob. I look for outlaws like yourself and bring them to justice. For a fee.”
“You’re a bounty hunter?” Bob thought for a moment, “There was a reward for my arrest?”
“That’s right,” Saringo said. He could see satisfaction and pride spreading across the boy’s face like a crop fire. Of course, there was no reward. Just tactics. “Guard told us you been having it kind of rough in here. Some kind of incident in the showers.”
Bob flinched but did not look up. “Did you come here to press me for details about my troubles or is there something specific you need?”
“Well, since you asked. I came to make you an offer. It’s a one-time thing and if you decline, you’ll do the rest of your time here on this rock. No parole. No minimum time served.”
Bob looked up at him. “I’m supposed to do nine years.”
“Is that right? That’s a long time to be caged up with these animals, Bob. A whole lot of showers.”
“So what do I have to do?”
Saringo smiled and said, “Something you won’t mind very much. I want you to help me capture and kill your old friend Gentleman Jim.”
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About the Author
Bernard Schaffer is the father of two children. Born and raised in the Philadelphia area, his work ranges from best-selling gritty police procedurals to fantasy westerns.
A real life police officer, in 2012 he released a series of books titled SUPERBIA about a dysfunctional police department that reached the Kindle Top 100. As a result, he was stripped of his detective rank.
Schaffer is the founder of the Kindle All-Stars. All profits from their collections are donated to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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The Guns of Seneca 6 Series
Get Your Guns Ready to travel to Bernard Schaffer's dusty world of the Old West set on a distant planet. Outlaws, gunslingers, native tribes, the occasional spaceship crash landing, and men willing to risk it all. A perfect combination of science fiction and westerns.
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Old-Time Lawmen
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Immaculate Killers
Guns of Seneca 6 Collected Saga
Recommended for fans of Firefly, Star Trek, Old West legends, Tombstone, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
See the Guns of Seneca 6 Pinterest Page for some of the author's influences.
The Superbia Series
The world of police work is a dangerous, terrifying place...and that's just dealing with other cops. Not-Even-Promoted Detective Frank O'Ryan spends more time with drug dealers and child molesters than his own family, but it's better than having to circumvent the unspeakable bureaucracy of his own agency. Called the literary equivalent of The Wire and one of the most subversive books on law enforcement ever written.
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Way of the Warrior (Law Enforcement Philosophy Essay)
Superbia: Collected Edition (Books 1-2 + MORE)
Recommended for fans of Joseph Wambaugh, Ed McBain, The Wire, NYPD Blue, and Homicide: Life on the Streets.
See the Superbia Pinterest page for some of the author's influences.
Grendel Unit
Several hundred years in the future, humanity has spread to multiple planets and made contact with a wide variety of alien life forms. Under the banner of Unification, they've sought to extend their reach and philosophies, sometimes by legitimate means and sometimes by military or economic force.
As with any government, there are dirty jobs that need to be done. Enemies that need to silenced. Terrorist cells that need to be eliminated. That's when they call the Grendel Unit.
The Fight for the Future Just Got Dirty.
Grendel Unit: Bad Day at Khor-wa
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Whitechapel Series
The fog is dense and the cobblestone streets of London's East End run with blood. This new and exciting take on the classic characters from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books has left readers over the world stunned...and begging for more.
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes
Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes (Gentlemen's Edition)
Recommended for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Thomas Harris, Jack the Ripper, historical crime fiction and serial killer investigations.
See the Whitechapel Pinterest page for some of the author's influences.
Star Trek: Return Fire
They say that all civilizations fall
But just as The Federation has reached its final days,
The fire returns.
Bernard Schaffer's epic all-new Star Trek adventure, available completely free via Dropbox for Kindle, Nook, iPad, and more!
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WOMEN AND OTHER MONSTERS
OVERDOGS
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ABOUT MASONS, ILLUMINATI, NEW WORLD ORDER)
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Chambered Rounds: The Collected Non-Fiction of Bernard Schaffer
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