Johnstone Men on a Mission. A Hunting Party Massacre. Two legends of the American West, Preacher and MacCallister have always fought for justice. Even when all parties were guilty. When all hope was lost. And when all the killing started... WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE It's one of the great mysteries of the Old West. The unexplained disappearance of a hunting party of Prussian nobles who entered the American wilderness--and never returned. Now, years later, the Prussian government demands an explanation. In response, the U.S. Army hires Preacher and Jamie MacCallister to join their search party--along with a band of Prussian soldiers led by the sinister Baron Adalwolf von Kuhner. Some believe it's a hopeless mission, that the original party was slaughtered by the Blackfeet. Others think there may be survivors, most likely women held captive as slaves. But it doesn't take Preacher and MacCallister long to learn the horrible truth... This is no rescue mission. It's a massacre in the making. And when the hunters become the hunted, all hell breaks loose...

ジョンストーン親子が描く西部劇の神髄は、荒野という極限状態で露わになる人間の本質を抉り出す点にあります。本作はシリーズの二大英雄、プリーチャーとマカリスターが共演する贅沢な構成であり、彼らの土着的な正義感が冷酷なプロイセンの規律と対峙する構図は、文明と野生の衝突を描く見事な対比として機能しています。 物語の核心は、救出劇が凄惨な変貌を遂げる中で問われる人間の尊厳です。閉鎖的な階級社会の論理と、自由のために戦う開拓者の精神が激突するドラマは、単なる冒険譚を超えた熱量を持っています。暴力の連鎖の果てに現れる真の正義とは何か。魂を揺さぶる強靭な文体が、読者をかつてない衝撃へと誘うはずです。