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YOU ARE NOW ENTERING TEXAS. SAY YOUR PRAYERS.The national bestselling western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return to their bestselling Death & Texas series with a fresh new cover package.DEATH ISN'T PRETTY There are a million ways to die in the great state of Texas. And on the lawless streets of New Hope, the odds are even worse. Once the home of Comanche, the region has been up for grabs since the settlers drove off the natives. Now it's a magnet for settlers looking for cheap land, merchants looking to exploit its resources—and outlaws looking for a place to hide in between robbing and killing. With shootouts and showdowns being a nightly occurrence, it's one of the deadliest places on earth. And the governor ain't happy about it. He wants to clean up the town. He wants to wipe away the scum. And he knows just the man to do it.... Enter Cullen McCabe. A small-town sheriff turned special agent, McCabe doesn't care what he has to do—or who he has to kill—to rid this hellhole of every rustler, robber, and ruthless cuss in sight. Especially the notorious Viper Gang....

When Arizona Jim answered Judge Brender's ad in the paper, he had no idea it would lead to a deadly confrontation with his oldest enemy, the ruthless renegade Barry Christian.

Excerpt:''His-s-t!'With startling suddenness, the cry shattered the stillness of the night that lay upon the foothills of the'Bad Lands.'As they heard it, three men who, rolled in their army blankets, were sleeping in the protecting shadow of a huge boulder, rose to their elbows and peered into the darkness, at the same time whipping out their'Colts'with their free hands. But only the silence of the night, seeming more intense as the echo of the strident cry died away, greeted them.'That must have been a signal,'breathed one of the trio, after several minutes of listening.'If it was a signal, it would have been answered,'rejoined a companion.'Sure it would,'asserted the third member of the party.'Then what was it?'demanded the first.'May have been a snake, or a mountain lion,'suggested the man who had doubted the startling cry being a signal.'Snake? Mountain lion?'repeated the other, in disgust.'Say, you'd better go back to the recruits till you learn the difference between a human voice and an animal's cry.'The three men were members of the Mounted Scouts, out on patrol duty from their station at Fort Griswold. Two of them had been in the service three years, while the other was on his first detail, having only just been promoted from the band of recruits at the Fort. Consequently, the sneering allusion to his inexperience cut deep, and he was about to retort fiercely, when the third scout prevented.'Jennings is right, Scotty. It was a man's voice uttered that cry,'he whispered.'Then what does it mean?'persisted the youngster.'Just keep yer tongue in yer head and yer eyes and ears open, and we may find out,'grunted Jennings. This reply had the intended result of effectually silencing the recruit, and, with every sense alert, the three men awaited some sound that would explain the mysterious signal.'

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK • INDIE NEXT SELECTION • LIBRARY READS SELECTION • AMAZON EDITORS'CHOICE • WASHINGTON POST BEST OF THE YEARThe'terrifying, wise, tender, and thrilling'(R.O. Kwon) adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West.In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows. She joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the Kid. Charismatic, grandiose, and mercurial, the Kid is determined to create a safe haven for outcast women. But to make this dream a reality, the Gang hatches a treacherous plan that may get them all killed. And Ada must decide whether she's willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new kind of future for them all. Featuring an irresistibly no-nonsense, courageous, and determined heroine, Outlawed dusts off the myth of the old West and reignites the glimmering promise of the frontier with an entirely new set of feminist stakes. Anna North has crafted a pulse-racing, page-turning saga about the search for hope in the wake of death, and for truth in a climate of small-mindedness and fear.

A deadly marksman is on the hunt to find his missing sister in this exhilarating new Ralph Compton Western. One terrible day, fifteen-year-old Leif Gunnarson comes home to find his family home on fire and a gruesome scene inside: his parents are tied up, on the brink of death among the hellish flames, and his sister is nowhere to be found. His father can barely gasp a name: Simkins. And with that, Leif has his life's mission—to track down Luther Simkins, notorious outlaw and gang leader, and find his sister. Along the way, Leif finds a temporary home in Wyoming Bob's Wild West Show. He has an innate talent with firearms but needs to hone those skills until he can outshoot anyone, even Simkins. Touring the West as the star performer known as Trickshot, Leif finally gets wind of an outlaw who could lead him to his sister. It will be the most important showdown of his life—but will his sharpshooting be a match for the shocking tricks the outlaw has up his sleeve?

We call the reader's attention to a scene, that, if not romantic, is at least attractive and interesting; a wagon-train of emigrants, as is attested by the quantity of driven stock—horses, cattle and sheep. The presence of women and children is still further evidence. It moved slowly and drearily along over the vast, almost barren stretch of level plain, as though the nearly spent day had been one of hard and unremitting toil. The horses or mules, their heads hanging down, with drooping ears and tails, their hides damp with sweat and covered with the fine sand cast upon the air by the trampling hoofs, or the slowly revolving wheels, scarcely heed the stinging lash or the impatient exclamation of their drivers.

In this fast-paced new installment in bestselling author Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series, a bandit who takes the identity of a dead lawman finds that the best place to hide is in plain sight. Jake Polk is a wanted man. He's spent years on the wrong side of the law staying one step ahead of the marshals. His most recent stage robbery ends with a posse hot on his trail. He's opened up just enough room to take a breather when he stumbles upon something astonishing. It's the body of a man resting peacefully next to a burned-out campfire. It's clear the man died in his sleep of natural causes. This is the chance Jake has been waiting for. According to a letter in the man's saddlebag, he's Marshall Owen Dent, on his way to the town of Riverbend to take over as the local lawman. Jake switches identities to avoid the posse, but what starts out as a quick means of escape may have deeper consequences when Jake considers making the change permanent.

Legendary crime writer Mickey Spillane's celebrated tin-star hero Caleb York returns in the explosive Western saga by New York Times bestselling author Max Allan Collins. When Sheriff Caleb York's deputy is shot down in cold blood, York has no doubt the bullets were meant for him.It's the first nasty step in a plan rustled up by Luke “Burn'Em” Burnham—eliminate the law, corral a team to rob a bank in booming Las Vegas, New Mexico, then lay low. With a treacherous local merchant for cover, and York out of the picture, all they'll have to do is wait for the calm. Then they get wind of one little hitch: not only is York still alive, but he's gunning for justice—and revenge. As the winter weather bears down, a chilling cat-and-mouse begins. York isn't about to let Burnham and his gang of miscreants get away. It'd be a cold day in hell if he did. “A classic western... a six-gun-blasting winner from the first page to the last.”—Pulp Fiction Reviews on The Legend of Caleb York “Never lets up on the suspense.”—Booklist on The Legend of Caleb York “Well-crafted... great fun.”—Publishers Weekly on The Bloody Spur

Johnstone Country. Cross at Your Own Risk. On the lawless frontiers of the American West, there is one rule every outlaw should remember: Never cross a mountain man like Matt Jensen. Not if you want to keep breathing. DIE WITH THE OUTLAWS No gun. No horse. No water or food. And worse yet: No idea how he ended up in the middle of a desert with a bullet in his leg and a bump on his head. That's the sorry situation Matt Jensen wakes up to—dazed and confused—until he slowly pieces together what happened. The last thing he remembers: He agreed to help out a friend of Duff MacCallister's. A pretty lady and her husband at a horse ranch. He also recalls their cross-country trip through hell to deliver the horses safely to market. That's when the outlaws showed up. That's when the shooting began. That's when everything went dark... But now Matt Jensen is alive and well and living for revenge. No time to lose. No holding back. And before it's all over, no trigger-happy horsethief left standing... Live Free. Read Hard.www.williamjohnstone.net Visit us at www.kensingtonbooks.com

„Max Brand is an American writer, considered one of the best authors who worked in the Western genre. In total, he wrote about 500 works, of which 300 were in this genre. Silvertip is a western novel about revenge and quest completion. Silvertip wanted to kill a cold-blooded Bandini, but it was a child in a Bandini cloak...The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: «Silvertip», «The Man from Mustang», «Silvertip's Strike», «Silvertip's Roundup», «Silvertip's Trap», «The Fighting Four», «Silvertip's Chase», «Silvertip's Search», «The Stolen Stallion», «Valley Thieves», «Mountain Riders», «The Valley of Vanishing Men», «The False Rider». ”

A farmer is pulled into the world of outlaws when his estranged brother turns up dead in this new Ralph Compton Western.Brothers Clay and Cal Breckenridge, sons of a hardscrabble East Texas farmer, never did see eye to eye. Clay, the eldest, returned home after the Civil War to help his father run the family farm; Cal deserted his military post and disappeared into a new life with a new name. Everyone knew who was the good son and who was the bad.Clay had almost forgotten his wayward brother until the morning a limping horse approaches the farm with young Cal Breckenridge's body slumped in the saddle, shot in the back.Vowing to avenge Cal's death, Clay sets off on a perilous journey across the West to find the man responsible and bring him to justice—and take down an outlaw enterprise in the process.

Johnstone country. Patriots welcome. The Johnstone hero with the heavenly name—and the hellish task of living up to it—Perley Gates—takes on a gang of cold-blooded killers to save the soul of a small Western town... They say that home is where the heart is. And no one knows that better than Perley Gates. After helping the lovely Miss Emma Slocum reunite with her sister's family in Bison Gap, Perley can't wait to rejoin his own kin at the Triple-G Ranch. No sooner does Perley settle in when he receives an alarming telegram from Bison Gap. Emma's brother-in-law has been murdered. Her sister wants justice. And Perley is their only hope to get it... Perley can't refuse a family in need. So he saddles up with his salty cowhand Possum Smith and heads to Bison Gap. He notices that the town's new sheriff is acting suspicious—and likely in cahoots with the local gang of deadly outlaws. In no time at all there's a target on Perley's back—and the vicious gang leader is calling all the shots. Justice may be hard to find in a town this wicked. But vengeance is swift—straight out of the Gates... Live Free. Read Hard.

In this compelling new installment of bestseller Ralph Compton's The Gunfighters series, a man driven by the destruction of his family seeks to protect a woman and her children from a band of desperados.John Stockbridge was once a peaceful man of medicine. Now, he's better known as Dr. Vengeance, a man who is as fast with a shotgun as any other gunfighter is with a six-gun. The murders of his wife and child left him with an aching hole where his soul once was. His only solace comes from wandering the West. Along the way, he encounters a woman and her two children searching for their missing fur-trapper husband/father in the Rockies. In the process, they run afoul of some foul former Confederates who have amassed money and local power by robbing those traveling west through a mountain pass. While searching for the missing trapper -- and aided by a Mexican mountain man and an independent woman who works at the local hotel-- Stockbridge must take down the vicious highwaymen one by one.

A mysterious hired gunfighter, known only as Kid Cheyenne, has just received a telegraph wire from a remote settlement called Bloodstone. The sender, a man named Ben Black, wants to hire his dubious talents to kill someone for him. The Kid rides to Bloodstone but soon discovers that Black is not what he seems. Kid Cheyenne might just be fighting on the wrong side.

TIME TO MEET THE WIDOWMAKER Vulture City is home to a prosperous gold mine and every bad man in the Arizona Territory knows it. Nearly every stagecoach attempting to deliver the gold to the railroad at Maricopa has been ambushed on the trail—a trail known as the Gunpowder Express for the bullet-riddled bodies along the way. With gold piling up and a lack of volunteers to transport it, the mine owner hires Newt “Widowmaker” Jones to ride shotgun on the next stage. Foolhardy and desperate for money, Newt joins three other guards—and a passenger, Jenny Silks, a stubborn firebrand with her own stake in seeing the delivery through. But waiting on the Gunpowder Express is Irish Jack O'Harrigan and his band of outlaws. There's not a soul alive he wouldn't think twice about putting six feet under. But he's never traded lead with the man known as Widowmaker... Praise for Spur Award winner Brett Cogburn “Fans of frontier arcana will revel in Cogburn's readable prose and lively characters.”—Publishers Weekly on Rooster “Cogburn amazes and astounds.” —Booklist

A shocking tale of violence and vengeance in the hills of Wyoming. From Spur Award-winning author Charles G. West... FIRST COMES BLOODCole Bonner will never forget what happened to his family at Crow Creek Crossing. His wife, her parents, and their three young children—brutally slaughtered by outlaws. The horror of the massacre drove him into the wilderness. Drove him nearly mad. And drove him to seek an equally brutal revenge... THEN COMES CARNAGENow, against his better judgment, Bonner is returning to the place that almost destroyed him. While hunting in the mountains, he discovers that a man has been murdered and a woman abducted. He manages to track the killers and free her. But to bring the widow to safety, he will have to face his own demons. Return to his old homestead. And relive the violence—and the vengeance—of another massacre at Crow Creek Crossing... “Rarely has an author painted the great American West in strokes so bold, vivid, and true.”—Ralph Compton

The money, the looks, the brains... rich banker Abdon Timpson has it all - and he knows it. But his uppity arrogance doesn't help Abdon when the sheriff cuffs him and locks him up for the night. There's a gunman on the loose, and this outlaw is a dead ringer for Abdon. The shootings don't stop when Abdon's in jail, though, and it looks like Abdon's folks have been hiding something from him. Abdon learns a thing or two about himself - and it isn't pretty.

Matt Brogan, wrongly imprisoned for the murder of his wife and son, escapes to go in search of the real killers whose evidence brought about his conviction. In the remote town of Alvorado, a hideaway for outlaws on the run and the power base of the McLagan family, Brogan links up with lawman Jed Harding and the pair set out to rid the territory of the rule of fear. When hot-headed Roy McLagan sets out to burn the farmers from their homes, Brogan and Harding persuade the locals to fight back. But to bring an end to the killings Brogan has to call on help from an unlikely source - Alex McLagan, the man he had vowed to kill.

Deadwood Dick is a fictional character who appears in a series of stories, or dime novels, published between 1877 and 1897 by Edward Lytton Wheeler. His stories are well plotted adventures and his slang and dialect heavy narration is funny as hell. Deadwood Dick was an orphan who was adopted, mistreated and then ran away from home to become a notorious outlaw. Originally from New England, he moved to the town of Deadwood, where he became the leader of a gang of highway men, wanted dead or alive for a $500 bounty. He is handsome, valiant, charming and sarcastic and sees himself as a defender of the weak. „Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded or Red Rover at Powder Pocket” is a fast-paced thriller. With its colorful narrative and surprising twists, the story will keep you hooked till the very end.

The King Bird, a young and reckless outlaw, faces difficult choices when he attempts to save an old friend's runaway daughter from a dangerous gang of robbers... A classic western by Max Brand (Frederick Faust). “No pulp writer was more prolific than Frederick Faust, who wrote nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. He sold all his stories and sometimes wrote complete issues of Western Story Magazine...” --The Incredible Pulps

Sweetspring is a quiet western town until an itinerant gang of robbers causes havoc. Wesley Vernon, a twenty-four year-old mine engineer, thinks he recognizes the robbers'leader as a childhood friend and determines to bring him to justice. Before he sets off he is devastated to learn that his intended bride, Maddy, has been promised to a wealthy banker from Boston. Never could Wes have imagined how his moral courage would be tested as he faces gun battles, bank raids, a prison breakout and coming face-to-face with his childhood friend, and then incredibly with Maddy's suitor. Further complications ensue with a chance meeting with Alice, a devious beauty, who plays a dangerous game of her own.

Having escaped from a firing squad at the hands of the Mexican federales, Blue Creek Ben Chisum flees across the border into Texas. He is soon cast afoot when his horse breaks a leg. After wandering alone for a week he stumbles across a hanging and rescues a homesteader from ruthless vigilantes. The grateful man then offers him a half share in his prosperous farming business. But Ben is loath to become involved in a range war. He only accepts the offer after learning that his old partner, Squint Rizzo, has been hired by Web Steiger, the leader of the vigilantes. It was Rizzo who betrayed him to the Mexican authorities. But how can one man defeat a ruthless gang of land grabbers? With the help of an old pal and a ham-fisted brawler, Blue Creek sets out to prove that his reputation for fighting on the side of justice has been well earned.

Burt L. Standish has always portrayed Frank as an improved hero. He has a body like Tarzan's and a head like Einstein's. This book reveals another major feature of Frack – his bravery. The hard way is trying to knock him off of success. But will it work out?

The town of Lone Ridge was a lawless hell-hole until the ruthless Nyle King eliminated all the gunslingers. Now Nyle controls the town and everyone who opposes him ends up dead, so US Marshal Caine tasks his deputy Gabriel Flynn with bringing Nyle to justice. Gabriel goes to Lone Ridge, but only because he's searching for the outlaw who killed his brother, and believes Nyle may be the key to finding him. But Nyle claims that the recent deaths in town aren't his work and that someone is trying to frame him. No longer knowing who to trust, the only thing Gabriel can be sure of is that hard lead alone will unmask the guilty and let him finally have his vengeance.

After Darren Norton shoots Arthur Hamlin dead during a card game, he goes on the run, leaving behind his girlfriend, Sal the Gal. A reward is put up for his capture and bounty hunter Gustavus Greeley is soon on his trail. He catches Norton in the hills and intends to take him back to Serenity by stagecoach to stand trial.

„Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or The Black Rider of the Black Hills” is a fun shoot-'em-up-cowboy book, rather than a serious western but the entertainment value is just as high. They called him Deadwood Dick, the Prince of The Road, the Black Rider of the Black Hills of Dakota. He was as famous for a time as Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill. It is the story of gold-seekers, settlers and criminals who all come together in a small area of the Black Hills. There's Fearless Frank, a young man who saves Alice Terry, a damsel in distress, from Sitting Bull and his warriors. There is also The „General”, Geoffrey Walsingham Nix, an old man with a vision of gold. And naturally, there is young Deadwood Dick, first spotted gunning down a man offering a reward for his arrest.

When Cade Kellerman and his gang bungled their robbery of a train and killed more than twenty passengers, they could not have known that the husband of one of those killed was himself a former bandit, who would stick at nothing to revenge himself on those he blamed for the loss of his wife. Together with an idealistic law student, Ben Walters sets out to track down and bring to justice the Kellerman Gang; even if he should lose his own life in the attempt.

Eine Erzählung aus den Vereinigten Staaten ist eine frühe Abenteuergeschichte Karl Mays. Im Llano estakado treffen der Dichter Richard Forster und der Jäger Tim Summerland aufeinander. Sie können sich vor dem Tod retten, indem Forster Kojoten erschießt und beide das Blut trinken. Glücklich entronnen treffen sie am Rande der Wüste auf Stakemen. Nach einem Kampf hat Summerland sein geraubtes Eigentum zurück und der Oberschurke wurde durch einen Tomahawkschlag gekennzeichnet. Als der Schurke sich später in Stenton bei dem reichen Bankier Olbers und dessen Tochter Marga unter dem falschen Namen Tom Wilson einschleicht, wird er von Forster entlarvt und muss seinen üblen Plan ändern. Zwar misslingen die Anschläge auf Summerland und Forster, aber der Schurke kann mit 50.000 ergaunerten Dollar fliehen. Wilson flieht mit einem Schiff, wird aber vom Kapitän erkannt und auf einer unbewohnten Insel ausgesetzt. Die ihn verfolgenden Helden, Summerland und Forster, sammeln ihn dort auf. Als Wilson Forster angreift, kommt er zu Tode. Die Helden werden von Graf Hernando reich beschenkt und kehren nach Stenton zurück, wo Forster sich mit Marga Olbers verlobt.

A cowboy is hunting a fortune in buried gold—but he may have to fight off every bad man in the Black Hills first: “A masterful storyteller.”—Publishers Weekly Restless cowpoke Perley Gates wanted nothing more than to track down the grandfather who abandoned his family years ago. What he found was the crazy old sidewinder barely hanging on after a Sioux massacre. The old man's dying wish was to make things right for deserting his kin—by giving his strong-willed grandson Perley clues to the whereabouts of a buried fortune in gold. Finding his grandfather's legacy will set up his family for life. But it won't be easy. The discovery of raw gold in the Black Hills has lured hordes of ruthless lowlifes into Deadwood and Custer City—kill-crazy prairie rats, gunfighters, outlaws, and Indians—armed with a thousand glittering reasons to put Perley six feet under. All Perley wants is what was left to him, what he's owed. But with so many brigands on his backside, finding his grandfather's treasure is going to land Perley Gates between the promise of heaven and the blood-soaked battlefields of hell...

Captain Bing Marvin horchte auf. In der Diele hinter seiner Zimmertür waren Schritte laut geworden. Marvin griff nach seinem Revolver, der auf dem Tisch lag. Die Schritte verklangen. Jemand war vor der Tür stehen geblieben. Marvins Herz schlug schneller. Wilde Gedanken jagten ihm durch den Kopf. Hatten sie ihn ausfindig gemacht - hier in der unscheinbaren Boomstadt, meilenweit von der nächsten Bahnstation entfernt? Er hob den Colt, hielt ihn im Hüftanschlag. Die Mündung des Laufs zeigte auf das Plakat an der Tür. Eine Blondine im Strapsgürtel posierte dort mit einem Henkelglas Bier. Es war still wie auf einem Totenacker. Die Zeit schien still zu stehen. Nichts rührte sich. In dem Moment, als Marvin die Waffe senkte, gab es einen lauten Knall. Die Tür flog aus den Angeln und krachte zu Boden. Entsetzt starrte Marvin auf die Gestalt in der Wandöffnung.'Der Schwarze Wolf!'Es waren seine letzten Worte.

The hooded Faceless Riders had spread a trail of terror and death along the Rio Grande. Striking where they were least expected, the outlaw band had thrown the whole territory into panic. And the toll from their guns was overflowing Boot Hill. As the ace undercover Ranger Walt Slade rode into the Border country, he knew that only one man could rod a gang so ruthlessly. And that man was Slade's bitter arch-enemy Veck Sosna, the cleverest, most notorious outlaw Slade had ever faced! Slade knew that the stakes were high. For if he didn't beat Sosna the whole Border country would crumble from law and order into the chaos of gun justice. And he knew, too, that if he lost this battle it would be his last. For there was another tombstone waiting in Boot Hill, marked with an S -- Slade or Sosna!

When a gang of outlaws kill Deputy Jack Tanner's ma and pa, he hunts them down, one by one. The trail leads him deep into the mountains of Mexico, where he encounters the mysterious Queen of Meseta de Plata - boss of the notorious'thieves'town'- and ultimately confronts the gang's leader, the evil Amos Payne.

Blood of Iron Eyes In the lawless wilds of Arizona Territory, infamous bounty hunter Iron Eyes dishes out his own brand of justice and adds another outlaw to his tally. Heading towards the nearest town of Hope to collect the reward money, he discovers the outlaw worked for Brewster Fontaine, who owns everything and everyone in the town - including the bank. But, Fontaine has no intention of paying out bounty money for having one of his own men killed. Summoning his hire guns back into town, he orders them to kill Iron Eyes if he tries to enter the bank. Unknown to Fontaine, this man is no ordinary bounty hunter who can be frightened like regular folk. Here, instead, is a man who will wage war no matter how many guns he must face. Scalp of Iron Eyes Infamous bounty hunter Iron Eyes steers his palomino stallion through hostile terrain, he is in chase like a cougar with the scent of its next meal in its nostrils. But unlike a cougar, Iron Eyes simply wants to get his hands on the outlaws who have their images on the crumpled wanted posters in his deep pockets. His bullet-coloured eyes catch a glimpse of Ten Strike and he knows his pursuit is coming to an end. The trouble is that there are men within the remote settlement who have waited for the gaunt horsemen with their guns cocked and ready. Soon Iron Eyes will be fighting for his life against those who want his scalp as a trophy. 100 Golden Eagles for Iron Eyes Bounty hunter Iron Eyes is heading south to Mexico in search of outlaws Bodine and Walters, but is himself being hunted down by his erstwhile sweetheart Squirrel Sally. Then Iron Eyes learns that Sally has been kidnapped by landowner Don Jose Fernandez, and rushes to her aid. But Sally, Iron Eyes and the outlaws are all just pawns in a much larger game, with an enemy more deadly than they can imagine, and Iron Eyes has to use all his courage and skill to survive. Iron Eyes Unchained The notorious bounty hunter known as Iron Eyes is tracking down his errant sweetheart'Squirrel'Sally, and his quest takes him all the way from Mexico to the forests of the West. However, unbeknown to him, unscrupulous men, envious of his success as a bounty hunter, are pursuing him with a view to a kill. Iron Eyes is unwittingly riding into the jaws of Hell itself and will not survive unless divine intervention comes to his rescue. The problem is, only the Devil knows where he is.

Silvertip had meant to kill the cold-hearted Bandini, but it was a kid wearing Bandini's cape who came out the saloon door and met Silvertip's bullet. Now, Silvertip has taken an oath to take care of the kid's business first, then track down Bandini and put the sidewinder six feet under – for good. An urge for roaming and a chance meeting with the bandit Bandini put Silvertip on the trail that leads to Haverhill Valley, where he finds more action than he ever bargained for. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand's remarkable gift for storytelling. Experience the West as only Max Brand could write it!

Brook Chilcot is a man past his prime. The former sheriff of Grafton's Peak has swapped the glory days of protecting his beloved town for gloomy days cadging drinks in the local saloon. When a young man, wishing to be taught how to shoot, attempts to convince Chilcot out of retirement, the former sheriff is hesitant. His career ended after a disastrous shootout and he is in no hurry to leave his alcoholic haze and remember the past. But Chilcot is won over. Accompanied by the youth, he returns to Grafton's Peak. Here in his old town, Chilcot must confront new faces and old enemies, and quickly learn how to handle himself again if he is going to last long. When confronted by the son of an outlaw he killed many years previously, Chilcot is given the chance to redeem himself for his errors in the past. Will he take it?

After a row with his fiancee, young lawyer Jerry Freeman leaves New York and travels as far as his meagre savings will carry him. He ends up in the small Texas town of Mineral Springs, where Judge Clayton Singer, owner of the local saloon, runs the strangest court ever known in the history of the United States and nobody dare go against him. Jerry is appointed Public Defender and soon becomes accepted in the little community. However, when he makes a poor judgment about one of his clients, Jerry ends up on the wrong side of the law himself and in peril of his life.

The San Tomas river is in flood and a mixed bunch of travellers are forced to stay in the decaying township of Red Rock Crossing. There is Jesse Grant a once-successful rancher who is fleeing his enemies the Santos brothers. Then, there are Ben and Marty, a pair of Texas Rangers escorting Hamel, a captured outlaw. A hired assassin named Missouri Sam is also waiting to ply his murderous trade and only one man knows his identity. Ben and his girl Jane, who lives at the crossing, find themselves engaged in a struggle for survival as the town erupts in murder and violence. At last, the flood subsides but a mystery must still be unravelled before Missouri pays for his crimes.

'Linda Broday's heroes step right out of her books and into your heart.'—JODI THOMAS, New York Times bestselling authorAn outlaw intent on clearing his name,A frightened woman determined to remember her past,A threat neither can survive alone…Welcome back to LEGEND country. Outlaw Luke Weston survives by his wits. On the run for a murder he didn't commit, the last thing he needs is to go looking for more trouble. But when Luke stumbles across a fiercely beautiful woman struggling against two heavily armed men, it's obvious that trouble has found him.After all, he never could resist a damsel in distress.Josie Morgan's distressed, all right—and hopping mad. She has no idea why she's been kidnapped…or who she is…or why her body melts for the mysterious gunslinger who saved her life. But as the lost memories come tumbling back together, Josie is faced with the stark reality of why she and Luke can never be…even as her heart is telling her she will always be his.Men of Legend Series:To Love a Texas Ranger (Book 1)The Heart of a Texas Cowboy (Book 2)To Marry a Texas Outlaw (Book 3)What People Are Saying About Linda Broday:'The exciting plot, rich setting, and superb writing will delight fans of historical romances.'—Publishers Weekly STARRED for Heart of a Texas Cowboy'Fans of classic Western tales will delight in the rough-and-tumble world Broday creates.'—RT Book Reviews 4 stars for To Love a Texas Ranger'Poignant, dramatic and packed with action and mystery.'—Addicted to Romance for Forever His Texas Bride

It is 1866 and Colonel Thomas Sykes, late of the Confederate Army, is in Milledgeville gaol, waiting to be hanged, but he is pardoned and freed from prison, on condition that he helps find and release the president's niece, who is being held by a band of comancheros. This task proves to be far from straightforward and the colonel finds himself out of his depth when he is called upon to help assemble a number of Gatling guns which have been stolen from the army. Colonel Sykes will soon find himself caught in the middle of a fierce battle between the comancheros on the one hand and a troop of US Cavalry on the other. Will he succeed in his mission?

From the bestselling authors of Brutal Night of the Mountain Man, a gunslinger must ride through a nightmare to rescue his wife. When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, his gunfighter instincts take over and he storms in with guns blazing. He kills one of the gunmen, the rest scatter like the rats they are. Another notch on the sharpshooter's weathered grip. But the dead man is the brother of the notorious outlaw Gabe Briggs, and Briggs will want revenge… Tired of the savagery of the lawless countryside, Smoke's wife Sally heads back east for a spell, only to find the big city choking in filth, violence, and corruption. Before Sally can head back home, though, she's snatched right off the street. When Smoke gets word that Sally's been kidnapped, he boards the first train east. But Gabe Briggs and his ruthless band of bad men are along for the ride. Unless Smoke can punch their ticket to hell first, they'll blow this train sky high…

USA Today bestselling author: He wanted to make his fortune—not get accused of stealing one...The accidental gunslinger Dooley Monahan has quit wandering and settled down to a farmer's life. But when the itch for adventure gets too strong, he packs up and rides west. Along with his horse General Grant, and Blue, a dog who's too smart for his own good, Dooley rides for the Black Hills to strike it rich in the gold fields. But fate has other ideas.When the trigger-happy Dobbs-Queeg gang holds up the Omaha bank, Dooley is mistaken for one of the robbers, and a price is plastered on his head. With every lawman in the territory hot on his trail, Dooley has no choice but to join up with the murderous outlaws. If the hangman doesn't get him, his new friends will, but Dooley won't turn back. With Blue and General Grant at his side, Dooley will make his fortune—come hell, high water, and everything in between.

Sieg auf der ganzen Linie für Master Sergeant Finnewacker! Endlich hat er die drei verbrecherischen Offiziere geschnappt und ihnen die Beute entrissen. Jetzt geht's ab nach Aldamo! Kein Problem, denkt der Master Sergeant. Er ahnt nicht, dass er und Fitzgerald schon bald Seite an Seite mit den Halunken ums Überleben kämpfen müssen. Denn die Apachen sind auf dem Kriegspfad und machen blutige Jagd auf Finnewacker und seine Gefangenen. Als sich dann noch eine Horde gnadenloser Outlaws, die es auf die Beute abgesehen hat, in das teuflische Spiel einmischt, scheint selbst ein Master Sergeant Finnewacker am Ende zu sein...

A gang of vigilantes calling themselves The Vigilance Committee are preventing a part of the Indian Territory from becoming a State, and Buck Armstrong and his partner Louie Lewis are being paid to bring them in. The two former Texas Rangers have been hired by local businesses to stop the vigilantes. Newspaper articles about the hangings being done by the Committee are worrying members of Congress about to vote on statehood. Making their job difficult is that most of the area's big ranchers don't really care. They believe hanging rustlers is a good thing. On top of that, a pair of gunslingers each with personal plans for revenge against the former Rangers are in town. What happens when Buck and Louie get too close to members of the Committee? That is when Louie ends up at the end of a hangman's noose.

The two-time Spur Award–winner brings back the true grit and glory of the Old West—with a hero as glorious as his real-life ancestor Rooster Cogburn... They call him the Widowmaker... Newt Jones is none too proud of his deadly nickname. But when you tangle with the likes of Judge Roy Bean and the notorious Mexican outlaw Juan Cortina, a man's bound to earn a reputation. Or get stuck with a moniker like “Widowmaker.” Even so, Newt is ready to put his gunslinging days behind him, hang up his Winchester, and take it easy. There's just one problem: Ain't nothing easy about living in Apache country... When Newt gets word that a renegade tribe has kidnapped Matilda Redding's grandson, he can't just sit by and let the local authorities bungle it. Matilda once did him a good turn up on the Pecos and—flat broke and half drunk or not—he's got to help the old gal out. So he saddles up his horse, straps on his dead man's gun, and sets off to save this boy before he's buzzard chow. Sure, Newt's outnumbered, outgunned, and probably out of his mind. But they don't call him Widowmaker Jones for nothing... Praise for Spur Award–winner Brett Cogburn “Fans of frontier arcana will revel in Cogburn's readable prose and lively characters.” —Publishers Weekly on Rooster “Cogburn amazes and astounds.” —Booklist

In the winter of 1888, a gang led by notorious desperado Taw Johnson has just survived a bruising encounter with the North West Mounted Police. Johnson realizes that he and his men stand more chance of survival if they operate from Mexico, and he fully intends to loot and pillage every step of the way. In the course of their journey, they arrive at a small ranch, near the town of Chinook. Cathy Clemens is recently married, but temporarily alone on the ranch. Against good advice, Johnson makes the fateful decision to carry her off to satisfy his own needs. When John Clemens returns, he swears vengeance and sets off in pursuit. What the outlaws don't realize is that he has a particular set of deadly skills, honed over years of hunting both men and buffalo for pay. With his Sharps rifle, he becomes a deadly shadow, coldly picking the men off one by one. And against all the odds, the impressionable Cathy finds herself attracted to Johnson and at the same time ever more alienated by her husband's unrelentingly cruel behaviour.

A gang of notorious outlaws led by Cain Vender is causing mayhem in Sweetwater County. Their depredations are threatening to overrun the whole of Wyoming. Special agent Drew Henry is reluctant to come out of retirement until he learns that his brother has been killed by the gang. Working undercover as a bar tender, Cole effectively stymied the gang's attempt to rob a bank in a neighbouring county. But he paid the ultimate price for his success. Drew adopts the persona of a deceased train robber to infiltrate the gang. But a conflict of interest in the delectable form of Ruth Vender threatens to overshadow his subterfuge. Will he have the strength of will to carry through the guile needed to defeat the outlaws?

Outlaw Caleb Ollinger has no idea how much outrage he will stir after stopping off in the New Mexico town of Carrizozo. A few drinks and a game of poker suddenly turn into a double killing – the gambler who has been caught cheating matters little – but an innocent boy plowed down by Ollinger was the son of New Mexico's territorial governor. Bounty hunter Chance Newcombe is hired to bring the killer in, but the loner has an ulterior motive. Chance attempts to lure Caleb's brother, Pake, into the picture, under the pretense that they will be rescuing the wayward kid. Chance comes across an old comrade at a relay station is also after Caleb, so as to secure an amnesty granted by the governor which wipes out his past crimes. Bullets are bound to fly when the disparate protagonists finally meet up at the Hanging Tree.

There was a time when Thomas Fury was happy. A young wife, a child on the way and a farm to tend had kept him busy, but he'd enjoyed the toil for he knew that he was building a future for himself and his family. That future, though, was shattered one afternoon when five riders, led by Luke Marlow, rode in. Soon gunshots rang out and Thomas Fury's world fall apart. Now Fury rides the vengeance trail, driven on by a desire to deal out justice to those who have destroyed everything that mattered to him. Fury will not stop until every one of those five men lies dead in the ground, for then – and only then – will he reach the end of the Vengeance Trail.

On the western edge of the Mojave Desert, Bonachon is a law-abiding town, accepting of its peace and orderly existence. But waiting on the outskirts is someone who wants to change all that. Colvin Datch carries a grudge from a crooked past, and when Sheriff Jeff Kayte is killed, the townsfolk are shaken. They demand a response. Ruben Ballard can't stand by and watch a small group of desperate men take over the town. When the newly appointed school mistress, Grace McSwane, and a few loyal townsfolk, offer their support, he realizes he is not alone, and decides to pick up a Colt. But the skilled guns of Datch's murderous son and Virgil Prior are waiting. These are men who have already seized the offices of the law on their way to gain the town, and Ruben has to confront them.

When O'Brien, a handsome young drifter comes across Uriah Cahill downed beside his camp-fire and about to be torn apart by a pack of wolves, he steps in and dispatches the marauders with deadly shots. Cahill explains that he is on his way to join a buffalo-hunting outfit run by Elias Walcott and persuades him to come along. The unexpected death of one young hunter raises questions about the company's foreman, McComb, who is unwilling to let anyone stop him winning Walcott's daughter. But when it becomes clear to O'Brien that the desirable Molly Walcott has fallen passionately in love with him he and Cahill decide it is time to move on. Fate however, has other ideas. O'Brien and Cahill hear of a large grazing herd of buffalo near Wichita, but their erstwhile boss Elias gets the same news. The lure is irresistible to both parties and they set off towards what looks to be a bloody confrontation ….