The Long Rope Author:Hal G. Evarts They Took A Crazy, Desperate Chance — How could they hope to escape, these people whom Dan Croft must lead across a perilous mountain pass" The hapless band included a man at the brink of death; a doctor who knew little of the wilderness; a woman dressed in her Sunday clothes; and a sullen hostage who had to be guarded every moment. — And dra... more »wing ever closer was a man whose life depended on their dying, an implacable killer who happened to be the sheriff.« less