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1) Joe Pepper
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Joe Pepper is a Texas badman with quite a past. In fact, there isn't much that Joe hasn't done in his forty years of living on both sides of the Texas law-except face the hangman. Now, convicted of murder, Joe is about to get that privilege. But, before he goes, Joe has a few things he wants to say, and a few stories that he wants to set straight. With Joe Pepper, legendary Western writer Elmer Kelton tells a fine and moving tale of the history of...
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THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
Smoke Jensen has seen the worst that men can do on a lawless frontier. But even the mountain man is not prepared for what happens while he's away from his home. An outlaw band strikes as two women are visiting at Smoke's ranch. Now, the women are gone and a ranch hand and his young daughter are dead.
AND PAY THE PRICE IN BLOOD…
Outlaw Reece Van Arndt is the mastermind behind...
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In Loren D. Estleman's Journey of the Dead, when Pat Garrett killed his poker buddy, Billy the Kid, he had no idea what a terrible emotional price he would pay. Haunted by memories of Billy, Garrett wanders the New Mexico desert in a fruitless pursuit of peace.
Deep in the same desert, an ancient Spanish alchemist searches for the fabled philosopher's stone. Resolutely alone in his quest he devotes his long life to hunting the secrets of the old...
4) True grit
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With her papa's pistol tied to her saddlehorn and a supersized ration of audacity, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross sets out to avenge her father's murder.
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When Judge Isaac Parker first arrived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the town had thirty saloons and one bank. Inheriting a corrupt court and a lawless territory roughly the size of Great Britain, he immediately put the residents on notice by publicly hanging six convicted felons at one time. For the next two decades, his stern and implacable justice brought law and order to the West . . . and made him plenty of enemies.
As the sole law on the untamed...
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Mountain Man bk. 50
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A cold day in hell descends upon Texas when mountain man sharpshooter Smoke Jensen pins on a tin star to tackle a wild bunch of bloodthirsty outlaws.-- Provided by publisher.
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The Jackals bk. 5
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When a band of merciless, murdering thieves raise hell across the territory, three men committed to justice descend upon them like angels of death. And when the guns fall silent and the smoke clears, the Jackals are always the last men standing.-- Provided by publisher.
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"Christmas is approaching and Duff MacCallister expects visitors on his Sky Meadow Ranch this holiday season. His cousin, Falcon, is coming as well as the twins, Andrew and Rosanna, who are taking a break from their acting tour to come to the Wyoming territory. But before any of his relatives arrive, Duff runs afoul of four outlaw brothers who have come to Chugwater to rob the bank."--Provided by the publisher.
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When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, he storms in with guns blazing, killing one of the gunmen. 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...
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While most folks are busy preparing for Christmas, the tightknit Jensen clan can only hope they'll make it home. Luke Jensen is in San Antonio tracking down a dangerous outlaw. But when he finds the man leading a wholesome life--as a charity-working Hill Country pastor--Luke agrees to wait until after Christmas to bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Smoke and Sally Jensen head out from Fort Worth by stagecoach, only to be stranded by unrelenting rains--and...
13) Sudden fury
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The last gunfighter bk. 20
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Half Man, Half Beast, All Terror - It kills like an animal. Growling Clawing. Ripping. The loggers call it 'The Terror of the Redwoods.' A local timber baron has put a bounty on the hide of this man-beast, and the woods are teeming with so many trigger-happy dolts and half-cocked drunkards that someone's bound to get hurt - and bad. Frank Morgan doesn't believe in such creatures and decides to get to the bottom of this tall tale. But when he meets...
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This year, Ace and Chance Jensen will be spending Christmas at Death Valley. They need to claim Chance's prize in a poker game: the deed to a silver mine. They expect the mine to be worthless, not knowing a rich vein of silver hasn't been tapped yet; half the deed belongs to a ruthless outlaw named Foxx; and another wealthy mine owner is trying to crush the competition by killing every miner in the valley. Now instead of gifts, they're swapping bullets....
15) Burning daylight
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"Luke Jensen has seen some sorry looking bounties in his time, but this one takes the cake. A wanted poster is offering a reward of one dollar and forty-two cents--plus one busted harmonica--to capture Three-Fingered Jack McKinney. Turns out, McKinney's twelve-year-old son Aaron wants revenge on his daddy for abandoning him and his mom. The reward is all the money Aaron can scrape together. Luke can't say no to the poor boy--or his beautiful mother--so...
16) Ridgerunner
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"November 1917. William Moreland is in mid-flight. After nearly twenty years, the notorious thief, known as the Ridgerunner, has returned. Moving through the Rocky Mountains and across the border to Montana, the solitary drifter, impoverished in means and aged beyond his years, is also a widower and a father. And he is determined to steal enough money to secure his son's future. Twelve-year-old Jack Boulton, born in the woods to two outlaws, now finds...
17) Death & Texas
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Death and Texas bk. 1
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"The great state of Texas is a land of opportunity. For outlaws. And horse thieves. And cattle rustler. Not to mention bank robbers, train looters, and anything-that-ain't-nailed-down robbers. The state's governor, Richard B. Hubbard, is at the end of his rope. He wants to clean up Texas once and for all-and he's desparate enough to try something crazy: hire a man who do what the Texas Rangers can't. A man not tied down by a wife or children. Or...
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"There are two kinds of traps in the Old West. One is the kind that Preacher and his buddy, Charlie, use to catch a mountain-load of fur pelts. The other is the kind that Charlie steps into a trap set by a low-life gambler and his seductive partner in crime to swindle Charlie out of his fur money. Preacher hates to see a good friend get robbed. So he sets off after the grifters on a riverboat bound for New Orleans. First, he infiltrates the criminal...
19) Legion of Fire
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When Luke Jensen traps fugitive Ben Craddock in Arapaho Springs, he's ready to collect on his bounty. But the job's not done--not by a long shot. A raid by a savage gang known as the Legion of Fire has left the peaceful settlement looted, burned to the ground, and the ashes scoured for female hostages--including the marshal's daughter. For Luke this is more than a hunt. It's now a rescue. And with Craddock busted out of jail and thrown in with the...
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Not all outlaws are bad men. Rich Ames didn't set out to be a gunslinger-it was forced on him. When two men roughed up his sweet sister, Rich reached for his trusty Colt and let loose on them. When the smoke cleared, Rich was the only one standing, now a fugitive of the law and forced to abandon his quaint home and family in Tonto Basin. Rich soon acquired the name Arizona Ames and for years after that fateful day his name struck fear into the hearts...
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