RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE Someone’s been using a gun to cast his vote, killing eleven candidates for the United States congress over eight years. Exhausted in their search for the culprit, the Secret Service has decided to use someone on the inside to end the bloodshed—the Gunsmith, Clint Adams. Clint soon finds himself in Austin, living in a fancy house with a butler and a cook who makes the best peach pie he’s ever tasted. His gorgeous secretary Carla styles him into a distinguished candidate, dressing him in the finest clothes and taking him to parties to meet campaign donors. But the Gunsmith better not get too comfortable. Even though he’s been asked to run as a democrat, the streets will soon be running red… OVER 15 MILLION GUNSMITH BOOKS IN PRINT!

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GOING THE DISTANCE Clint Adams tends to keep his nose out of other people's business. But when he sees Big Ed Callahan and his crew squaring off against one man, the odds are too stacked for him not to step in and help Tom Angel. Unfortunately, when the Gunsmith's intervention can't get Ed to back down, all the men involved—except Clint—wind up dead. Clint doesn't know why Big Ed was on Tom Angel's tail, but he sure didn't chase him over one thousand miles for no reason. The Gunsmith heads to Tom's hometown for answers, but everyone there is playing the fool as well. Seems Clint will have to stick to his guns and ask the hard questions to hunt down the truth about Ed's long-distance vendetta.