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A town under the rule of outlaws. A woman in danger. A deputy turns hero. “Colbert, I can fight. I won’t be in your way. And you’ll watch my back,” Thelma O’Malley was serious. “Fine,” Deputy Colbert said. “I think Randell Caricker has your sister. And it seems like Caricker was keeping another woman captive. You just make sure that you’re careful, and that you stay alive, and I’ll make sure I bring your sister back.” Thelma nodded, grateful for all the help that Colbert had given her and her family. It was time to give something back to him, though, and so she raised ...

Losing a mother is not easy. Finding out she had been murdered is devastating. Fern Welles, a sheriff in Nebraska, receives word that his mother had passed suddenly. He rushes back home to Colorado Territory, and what he finds there is beyond his wildest nightmares. His mother had not simply passed. She had been murdered. In cold blood. The sheriff is sworn to vengeance. Mayor Blank and Judge Cornne are two men who are not what they seem. The horrors they had caused in search of wealth and power haunt Sebree, the hometown of Fern’s mother. As the twin evils of the mayor and the judge ...

How far will a man go to avenge his family? Seventeen-year-old Elam Eskers is traveling with his family through the Oregon Trail in search of a better life – a life that he never has the chance to live after his parents and siblings are all brutally murdered by Black Horse. Indian outlaw Black Horse is thirsty for money and blood. He spreads terror in Nebraska, where he and his men rule over the locals of several small towns under the threat of death and demise. Elam swears revenge. Through fights with outlaws who protect Black Horse, and simple men and women who are too afraid to give ...

When the Scarlet Star Gang ride into town, bringing a storm of bullets, Jonah Silk is taught the harshest lesson life can offer: the dead can’t be brought back to life, and the rich will do anything to get richer. Bent on revenge against the men who killed his family, the boy will have to become a man, chasing the ghosts of his past to the bitter end. But nobody ever said that taking an eye for an eye would be easy, and Red O’Connell, the leader of the Scarlets, won’t fall without a fight. For Clara Lasseter, she has her own revenge to take. She’s watched, she’s waited, and now ...

Jack Osborn is on his ranch, teaching his son how to ride a horse. His wife and daughter are in the house. The peace is shattered when Frank Ridge and his gang ride through the ranch and gun down the whole family. Jack wakes up later in pain from bullet holes through his shoulder. Jack’s family has been murdered by the gang, and for what? Jack knows that he has to go after these outlaws and bring them to justice, whatever it takes. As Jack rides through a native land in his hunt for Frank, the Native Americans stop him and almost kill him, thinking he’s an outlaw. They force him to pay ...

Carson ‘Colt’ Knight has been promoted to Captain in the Texas Rangers and a new mission has been given to him in a mining town in the south. But a childhood promise remains like an old bruise in his heart, keeping him from complete happiness. Twenty years ago, his mother was killed at the hands of Sammy Day and his outlaws. Colt was only four. When news arrives of an infamous outlaw being sighted in a town nearby, Colt learns that he is none other than Sammy, riding with his ruthless gang to plunder any town in their way. On his trail to bring down the outlaws, Colt meets Felicity, a ...

A tormented past returns to haunt him. But he will fight it with honor. Hired hand Bill Young is on a cattle drive with Elander Stetin and his family, when tragedy strikes. A band of outlaws abducts the Stetin family’s oldest daughter, Annette, the woman that Bill had grown to love and care for. Bill swears to her father that he will bring her back. But saving Annette is not the only reason why he chases after the outlaws. The outlaws were none other than Harve Parsons and Clair Vest, the men who had tormented him and his fellow soldiers of the 6th United States Colored Infantry Regiment....

The man who raised Charles Douglas is a criminal. He has escaped prison and he is out there, killing innocent people. It couldn’t go on. Charles is hoping that his father’s capture is going to be as sudden as his prison escape. He needs it to be over. He doesn’t want his thirteen-year-old son knowing that his grandfather is doing what he is doing. Only one thing makes sense to him. If there has to be a man to capture Jake Douglas, then who better than his own son? “I should be the one to do it,” Charles believes. But Charles is not just facing his father alone. Jake Douglas ...

A family in shambles. A town in danger. Now is the time for Alva McRae’s return to fight for justice and peace. Alva is determined to prove to his townsfolk of Margret on his innocence for trying to rape Leda, and to save them from Vernie Sieckes and his evil gang. Vernie has set his sights on the local mines in Margret. He and his henchmen will do whatever it takes to control the mines, and eventually the town as well. An ugly fight to eradicate the Vernie gang is inevitable. It is Alva’s fight to uphold the peace for his town, a fight to protect his woman Louisa, and a fight for… ...

Young cavalryman Martin Carver is hired to bring down the cattle rustler gang led by Ellis Fox, and to rescue the kidnapped wife and daughter of his neighbor Irving Chambers. With nothing more than a rifle across his back and a powerful gelding beneath him, Martin rides out to track down the sinister rustler. If he does not find Fox, Irving will never see his family again. Though he rides at the behest of rancher Irving, Martin has another motivation – he harbors a secret love for Irving’s daughter, Alice. The hardened cavalryman is well prepared for the journey ahead, but, never before...

Dean Fairchild wants more from life but he doesn’t see it happening in the sleepy town of Winston, New Mexico. When his desires get bigger than his town, and the teachings of his father the local preacher, he runs away from home to find his destiny. Joining up with Nester Strong and his gang, Dean learns the subtle arts of robbery and racketeering. Till it gets too much. There are lines that Dean will not cross. When he witnesses a crime too heinous for his moral sensibilities, he loots as much as he can and runs back to a home he once knew. But Winston has changed. Plagued with petty ...

Caleb McCallister does not have a normal childhood. His mother rejected him, and his father is an alcoholic. Despite everything, Caleb sticks to his morals and becomes a respected citizen of his hometown. Everyone loves him because of his determination to uphold the law and protect the innocent. Due to his unyielding sense of justice, Sheriff Craig Dalton believes Caleb is the only person that possesses the right set of skills to go after a notorious outlaw by the name of Silas “Blackheart” Kane. The outlaw has been wreaking havoc in Colorado for a while. Somebody needs to stop him. ...

Sigrid Cadwell possesses a rare talent for herbal remedies and healing, but her abilities are misunderstood by the superstitious townsfolk. Gossips start to spread like wildfire, and soon enough, everybody begins to think that Sigrid is a witch. Eventually the gossips reach the ears of a nearby Indian tribe. And once Sigrid flees her own town, the Indians pursue her. The tribe will not stop until they get hold of the witch. But for what? Sigrid is prepared to face an onslaught, for which she will defy with her life… until she crosses path with gunslinger Benjamin Sterling. Ben is on a ...

"Da begann zu ihren Füßen ein neues Wunder. Wie ein Hauch rieselte ein lichtes Grün über die verdörrte Pflanzendecke, die Halme richteten sich auf und bald wandelte das Mädchen durch eine Fülle sprießender Blätter und Blumen." Sehr lange hatte es nicht mehr geregnet, es war der heißeste Sommer seit hundert Jahren. Grün war kaum noch zu sehen, die Tiere dürsteten auf den Feldern und die Bauern litten unter der Dürre, weil die Erträge ausblieben. Nur dem reichen Wiesenbauer macht die Trockenzeit nichts aus, sein Wiesenland ist ein Sumpfgebiet.

Storms & Stories is simple, and by simple, I mean the premise. You know what else is simple? The two dimwitted best friends going through this journey together. We love knowledge, we love to read; but get us in a room together just talking, it's chaos. We are as chaotic as a storm, and hey, we love it. If you love books and laughs, this is your place, and we welcome you to our library of chaos. If you like the sound of that, come hang out with us on our literary journeys, and look out for chances to interact on upcoming social media platforms.

Unravelling of this pandora’s box of intrigue, corruption and out right illegal corporate activity, will hold you till the end. Jet Rider a dynamic and accomplished private eye was in for an adventure when Amanda Fairchild, showed up at his residence having rented a room from him. Amanda, a recent graduate of Columbia University, had moved to Ashwood, to seek employment for sure but more importantly to be close to her recently widowed aunt Eliza Fairchild. Eliza’s sudden disappearance, twice from her home opens a maze of secrets and a web of conspiracies. As Jet digs deeper, he uncovers...

A Long Silence Eleanor Whitmore thought she was investing for her care in the final years when she funded , Willowbrook, a high-end elder care facility. Little did she realize the trap she was getting into when she entered Willowbrook for long term care. Her stay was brief and when she did pass away, no one noticed or questioned it. Years passed in silence—until Linda Thompson showed up. Linda Thompson, the facility’s new administrator, notices that something is odd. The books are cooked, the numbers don’t lie, and someone’s been siphoning funds for years. She hires Jet Rider, a ...

She’s a human with a desire to lay low. He’s a rock star from another world. And he's telepathic. Jean Slater is one of the most experienced Canaries out there. For the past five tours, she’s traveled to corners of the galaxy most humans could only dream of and rubbed shoulders with some of the most popular stars in the cosmos—but, even after all this time, she’s been unable to recover from her initial fascination with Chromian rock legend Zylon Mars, even after being partly blamed for the breakup of his band, the Cosmic Craze. When Jean’s latest assignment lands her face to ...

A town in tragedy is a town in need of a hero. Ranch hand Samson Stockton and Sheriff Amis were almost at the town’s borders, both of them on their horses and loaded with guns and ammunition. Samson had his Smith & Wesson New Model 3, as well as a Colt Frontier, chambered for the .44-40 Winchester. The sheriff also carried two Colt Peacemakers on him, and an old Sharps ’67. Between them, they had enough rounds to take out a small village, even though Samson would do anything to avoid a fight at that point. They were simply trying to find their hideout – Stels McHuay’s hideout – so...

What is the price that one must pay when seeking revenge in the lawless frontier land? Christian Rays, haunted by memories of his parents’ tragic demise at the hands of notorious outlaw Edwin Crow, seeks solace in a life tarnished by loss. But when news spreads that Crow has been released from his prison confines, the wounds of Christian’s past reopen, fueling an unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Crow, now free but destitute, forms a devious plan to rebuild his fortune – a daring bank heist that rattles the very foundations of Texas. The audacious crime sends shockwaves throughout ...