Jared McVay Libri

Western Fiction by Award-Winning author Jared McVay Otis Parker was not always insane. At least not in his younger years. For some reason, life, fate or whatever, the anger turned to a cruelty he could not bear. When the weight got too heavy, he began to seek revenge in ways even he could not understand. He wanted to stop. He tried to stop, but the desire for revenge inside him overrode all his reasoning and the cruelty grew. By the time Lucas Penny entered the picture, Otis Parker was the most feared man in all of Colorado and Canada.

The judge looked down on Jubal Courtney and leaned his chin against his folded hands. After what seemed to be a long while, the judge spoke. "Master Courtney, that was quite a speech; claiming to be innocent - something a smart minded criminal might come up with. I salute you. You're and Irishman, aren't you?" he said with a sneer, like being Irish was in itself, a criminal charge. I could see the look on his face and knew I was a condemned man. "I am from Ireland, your honor, but I didn't...?" Cutting him off, the judge said, "Jubal Courtney, for the charges of robbery and murder in the first degree, I sentence you to be imprisoned in the penal colony in New South Wales for the rest of your life. And may God have mercy on your black Irish soul."