{"product_id":"2940045213820","title":"Showdown","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeaf to her, to what remained of the crowd parting like the Red Sea, in a quarter-turn, I faced a skinny teenaged boy dressed in buckskin, not six feet tall or twenty feet away, narrow shoulders, mismatched guns holstered over slim hips. Underfed. A swift scan of the roof of the black marble building caught the crown of a hat floating just above the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow I frowned, squinting one eye. \"Ain't gonna yell draw, are you?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You tell 'em, Clint,\" somebody shouted. Even I had to grin at that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSporadic laughter from the crowd faded to dead silence, the young man wrinkling his nose into a baby's scowl, obviously too young for the joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Calling you out,\" he said, arrogantly raising his pointy chin. \"Heard you’re the man from up north.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm from out west originally,\" I replied. Somebody snickered lightly nearby, but I wasn't looking away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boy put his face into that baby scowl again. \"Ain't you the one kilt my brother?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"And which one was that?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shank,\" the boy said, his hands drifting to the butts of his guns. \"Shank was my big brother.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wink from that rooftop, I slapped my hip and fired. A yelp like a battered pup, Shank's little brother spun to look. A body met the ground with a meaty thud raising a cloud of dust, leather hat seesawed after. His shiny weapon just a puff of dirt close by.\u003cbr\u003eHands on his guns, Shank's little brother whirled to my leveled revolver, smoke trailing yet from the muzzle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Even I ain't that fast, kid,\" I said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jigsaw Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158926311664,"sku":"2940045213820","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045213820_p0.jpg?v=1763972170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045213820","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}