Guns of the Waste Land

Set in the late 19th century outside the West Texas town of Bretton, this first volume tells the story of four men wandering the American desert: Percy Murratt leaves his home to find Sheriff Ardiss Drake and learn more about the kind of man his father was.

Guns of the Waste Land recasts the legends of King Arthur as an American Western. Set in the late 19th century outside the West Texas town of Bretton, the second volume continues the story of four men devoted in their own ways to Sheriff Ardiss Drake. Percy Murratt awakens to find himself safely in Bretton under Drake's protection and able to learn of his absentee father. Meanwhile, Reverend Merle Tallison struggles to find God in the midst a world seemingly devoid of decency and goodwill.

Set in the late 19th century outside the West Texas town of Bretton, this third volume continues the stories of the men and women devoted in their own ways to Sheriff Ardiss Drake. Percy Murratt, still living with Ardiss, is in love. Unfortunately, so is Ardiss' foster brother, Caleb and with the same woman. Gary Wayne Orkney has recovered as much as possible from the beating he received from Lancaster O'Loch and desperately wants to ride a horse again and continue his service as a deputy. Reverend Merle Tallison is considering leaving Bretton and finding a life for himself.

In this final volume of Leverett Butts' epic Western retelling of the King Arthur legends, secrets are revealed, sides are drawn, and war is waged in the West Texas town of Bretton. As Ardiss Drake prepares for his final confrontation with his adoptive nephew, Red Marten of the Aticota tribe, he feels old wounds returning and experiences strange visitations warning him of impending disaster.