The Fifth Quarter (short story)
He is a criminal looking to avenge the death of his friend Barney, who died at the hands of his own accomplices after taking part in an armored car heist.Unknown to them, Barney managed to get to Tarkanian before he died and told him of the heist and of a map divided amongst his killers that reveals the location of the stolen money.At the start of the story, Tarkanian has tracked down two of the men involved, Keenan and Sarge, who are meeting to discuss a deal between themselves.He manages to hold them at gunpoint and forces Keenan to give him his piece of the map before shooting him dead after learning he was the one who fatally wounded Barney.However, immediately after Sarge gives Tarkanian his piece of the map, the other man involved in the heist, Jagger, appears and attacks them both.