Spur Award-winner Gary Svee is praised by western fans for his fascinating novels of the 19th-century American frontier. In Spirit Wolf, a mysterious wolf-like animal has been destroying cattle in Montana. In the dead of winter, Nashua Brue ventures into the wilderness to track and kill this vicious beast. Soon he discovers the real killer walks on two legs, not four.
With more than a million copies of his novels in print, Cameron Judd has twice been a Spur Award finalist. After the Civil War, two brothers reunite to look for a better future in the West. But their differences in temperament and politics will turn the journey into a challenging and dangerous one, especially when a shadowy figure starts following them.
USA Today best-selling author William W. Johnstone is one of the most popular Western writers in the world, with over 10 million copies of his books in print. Ambush of the Mountain Man is an action-packed Old West adventure story. Mountain man Smoke Jensen never wanted to kill, but circumstance has plunged him into bloodbaths time and time again. Now Angus McDougal, the father of one of Smoke's victims, wants revenge. Tracked into the wintry wilderness of Colorado, Smoke must summon all of his survival skills to evade his enemy.
Filled with exciting tales of the frontier, the chronicle of the Sackett family is perhaps the crowning achievement of one of our greatest storytellers. In Ride the Dark Trail L'Amour tells the story of Logan Sackett, a cynical drifter who changes his ways to help a widow keep her land from falling into the wrong hands....
Logan Sackett was wild and rootless, riding west in search of easy living. Then he met Emily Talon, a fiery old widow who was even wilder than he was. Tall and lean, Em was determined to defend herself against the locals who were trying to steal her land.
Logan didn't want to get involved, until he found out that Em had been born a Sackett. Em was bucking overwhelming odds, but Logan wouldn't let her stand alone. For even the rebellious drifter knew that part of being a Sackett was backing up your family when they needed you.
In 1828, few white men dared to venture into the immense, unsettled region west of the Mississippi. And of those who did, only courageous men like Nathaniel King had the skills and strength to survive the harsh, frozen wilderness.
They were not wanted where they came from. They were not welcome anywhere. They were outcasts, rootless and friendless, until luck or destiny threw them together. Could they make it to Mexico to rescue a band of Apaches who had been captured and sold into
USA Today best-selling author William W. Johnstone has crafted nearly 200 thrilling books, including his popular Last Gunfighter series, which has sold more than 10 million copies. A gritty tale of retribution, Preacher's Justice captures the brutal violence of everyday life in the Old West. When "Preacher," the last gunfighter, catches wind that a lady from his past has been murdered in St. Louis, he is enraged. It's time to leave the wilderness and head to the big city to exact some revenge.
While there were some initial suspicions about Sam Stop's background, people came to respect and then trust the reclusive founder of Pony, Montana's local bank.
Walter Lucas is a best-selling western author whose novels are acclaimed by fans who savor his skillful blend of frontier violence and American history. After the epic battle of Adobe Walls, Lt. Frank Baldwin and former buffalo hunter Billy Dixon lead a band of Indian and white scouts into Texas to assist the U.S. 5th Infantry combat unruly natives. But as they are drawn into a series of increasingly deadly skirmishes, the fighters come to learn that in Texas, there is no time for peace . only eternal war.
A lifelong Texan, Bill Crider blends just the right amount of humor and romance in his highly enjoyable mystery novels. The Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series, including A Romantic Way to Die , features the exploits of the savvy, small-town sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas. In Red, White & Blue Murder, Rhodes is hard-pressed to keep his cool when a local reporter accuses him, among other elected officials, of corruption. Things get even more serious when a county commissioner is found dead.
He was etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
From the Paperback edition.
First they shot his father, then they stole his land. Cole Randall aimed to get even. But it will take more than one angry man to fight the banks, the railroads, and the crooked lawmen who back them.
