Sam Bass is tall and lanky, loves old western movies, wears cowboy boots and drives a beat-up Jeep Wrangler. He has a gorgeous girlfriend, Valerie, a Cherokee widow with a young son, and he’s a hot shot pilot. A hot shot pilot with a past. And when Sam makes a daring and dangerous rescue of a couple lost at sea in a storm, he gets publicity he definitely doesn’t need.

The Cowboy, as he’s known in certain circles, has finally been located and a hit team is dispatched to take care of unfinished business. A bomb is planted in the beat-up Jeep. But it isn’t Sam who drives it that day.

Grief stricken, Sam visits Valerie’s grandfather in the North Carolina mountains to tell him he plans to avenge Valerie in the ancient Native American way of members of a wronged family seeking justice – with no help from the law. With only the old man’s help, Sam trains his mind and body for the task ahead.

And then the bloody hunt is on …

"Bowie is a skilled writer. I wouldn't have guessed this was his first novel."
~ Clayton Bye, gottawritenetwork.com

"Fast, engaging—a fine debut."
~ Lee Child, NY Times best-selling author of the Jack Reacher series

"Absolutely first rate. Outstanding read. Congratulations."
~ Helen Rosburg

"GUNS comes out of the gate on all cylinders...and keeps the pace going until the final avenging confrontation. The cast is solid...an interesting thriller starring a fascinating laconic protagonist."
~ Harriet Klausner

"...Bowie did the homework to distinguish his History-of-Violence-style plot...planes and gun-running as well as Cherokee history and lore...."
~ Publishers Weekly

"...Bowie truly has a great plot that kept me interested."
~ Tammy Adams, Novelspot

"A fine debut novel from a gifted writer. It is a chilling story.... The plotting is good and the characters are well and truly drawn. A good book. Enjoy."
~ Ken Gruebel, Sun Journal

"GUNS is an admirable debut...a good read can make those weekend afternoons breeze by. Check out GUNS, and get a good read."
~ Dr. Ken Wilkins

"...positioning the sights and surroundings of your adopted hometown into a work of fiction...can make for a powerful novel. Guns exudes that power and author Phil Bowie wields it well."
~ Tom Mayer, Sun Journal