Old West Adventure

Waking in the dirt to the smell of smoke, widower Ben Palmer finds his homestead razed, and his daughter gone. Ben is raising his daughter Iris as best he could, scratching a living out of the rocky New Mexico mountain soil. Life is hard – but it just gets a lot harder. Under the lead of the notorious Stitch Jacobs, six desperate men have just fouled relations between the Apache nation and a wealthy land baron. Caught in the crosshairs of their escape, Ben’s daughter is taken hostage as a peace offering to the tyrant who bankrolls the gang. Ben is desperate. Getting his daughter back ...

John Biles wakes in the back of a strange family’s wagon, and his whole life is in ruin. John’s family is riding their way to El Paso to establish a newspaper. His father is a newspaper man, and the rest of the family works in the print shop. Descended upon by a group of Indians who talk like white men, John’s family wagon is besieged, leaving his parents and sister dead. Wounded, John is found by the Jensen family whose wagon is on its way to a massive piece of land they’ve inherited on the outskirts of Whistle Springs. The property inherited has a natural spring from which the ...

Sloan Ferrell and his brother James stared at their parents lifeless bodies on the floor. Fourteen years later, young cowboy Sloan found his chance to avenge his parents. The brothers go all out to bring eight outlaws to the justice they’ve evaded for fourteen years. The outlaw gang leader Cole Marsh spent the Civil War years riding with one of the most infamous soldiers of any war, Captain William Clarke Quantrill, the architect of the 1863 Lawrence massacre. The Ferrell brothers’ pursuit of the outlaws is helped by feisty lady Gretchen Hughes, who still recognizes Cole as her ...

It’s 1869 in the New Mexico Territory and the frontier legend of Dory McLee is only growing. The farm girl is as skilled at riding, shooting and chasing criminals as much as her male counterparts. Back east, thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, know about Dory thanks to the sensationalized dime books and pamphlets, yelling out her western moxie. Their stories, including the taming of a grizzly bear, may be exaggerated. Yet people have become enchanted with the young woman. In the real world, the stakes are high for Dory as she is helping a friend, Abby Davis, find the killer of her ...

A historical romance book set in the American West during the mid-19th century. "Western Gold" follows the adventures of Nat Raines, a rugged hunter, and Carla May Rangel, a young girl traveling to Pike's Peak with her family in search of gold. Set against the harsh, untamed landscapes of the American West during the mid-19th century, this historical romance explores themes of survival, love, and redemption. The novel opens with Nat Raines encountering a struggling emigrant family on their way to Pike’s Peak. Among them is Carla May, a resilient young girl whose beauty and spirit catch ...

Welcome to the Western "Desert Bloodline" by Ken Cannon, a captivating Western novel that will transport you to a world of untamed landscapes, rugged cowboys, and hidden secrets. Prepare to embark on a thrilling journey where the desert's bloodline runs deep, and the echoes of the past intertwine with the present. This is a tale that will grip your heart and leave you yearning for more. Step into the enchanting setting of the American West, where the sunsets paint the sky in hues of gold and the vast desert stretches out as far as the eye can see. Set in a time when the frontier was still ...

In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. Stories contained in this third volume: "A Long Way From Name Pending": A traveler from the future is shot and killed in the town of Name Pending, leaving behind a small triangular prism containing a composite of all the collected known knowledge of the twenty-second century. Mr. Seven and most of the townspeople will seemingly stop at nothing to possess it. "Subterranean Sojourn": Mr. Seven journeys deep ...

In the tranquil town of Malachite, Ashton Hagen finds solace working in the general store, a stark contrast to the town’s dark underbelly of lawlessness and corruption. His father, the former sheriff, was slain by outlaws, leaving Ashton wary of following in his footsteps. Meanwhile, Jack Keller, once a respected rancher, descends into the vengeful Black Jack Keller. Fuelled by years of mistreatment by Malachite’s residents, he unleashes havoc upon the town, leaving destruction in his wake. Ashton’s uncle, the only family he has left, becomes another casualty of Keller’s rampage. ...

For Clint Beck, a quest to arrest Ruffen is also his chance at redemption. Rustling is a big problem for the God-fearing folks of Perryville in 1870. Not only that, but it’s now escalated with the killing of community pillar Jonas Davidson – a farmer, husband and father of five. The town screams for justice. As Perryville sheriff, Clint sets out to arrest the guilty parties. Almost everyone in the county knows that Clyde Ruffen and his gang are behind the heinous crime but… proving it is another story. Ruffen has spent thirty years learning how to hide his crimes and avoid the law. He...

Jackson Chandler, a Union Army veteran, values Afton town’s calm and quiet as do most of the townsfolk. And Afton, in Kansas, wants no part of being a cattle town. Cattle, plentiful in Texas, have to be shipped back east to a hungry public, who couldn’t get enough beef. The closest railroad hubs are in Kansas. Texas drovers move massive herds through Indian Territory and into Kansas. Corrupt banker Morton Ludwig wants his share of the lucrative cattle trade and will do anything to make Afton a wide open yet violent cattle town. He has help from a vicious outlaw he employs, named Decker ...

He upholds the law, until the law is held in utter contempt. U.S. Marshal Wade Nelson’s stint in the Union Army and no-nonsense approach to law enforcement makes him a natural fit for his position. When a night has gone lawless to become known as the Bandera Massacre, starting with the death of a sheriff, Wade saddles up. Law and lawlessness cannot co-exist. The Bateman Gang inflicts great evil and suffering in both Texas and the Indian Territory. They terrorize. They think they are soldiers. They see everyone else as ‘outsiders’. Little is known about the gang, except that: 1- they ...

A REBELLION ON THE RISE… A ruthless takeover that could destabilize the borderlands. And a sultry and dangerous gunrunning Mexican beauty… Wandering cowboys Kit Blaze and his best friend Jim Freeman once again chance into intrigue and chaos. “Tell me more about Montoya, sir.” "She's been running Winchester rifles across the Rio Grande to Chavez, who is little more than a bandit chieftain calling himself a revolutionary. This jackal operates down by the provincial capital, Joya del Cielo," the man, Murphy, continued as he dusted off his clothing from his trip to the ground while ...

The Magic Tree House carries Jack and Annie back to the Old West, where they roam the Great Plains with a Lakota boy.

Willow is married to Lou and life is good – until two madmen escape from prison and set out to destroy the lawman by getting to his new wife. Can he protect her by sending her away until the prisoners are caught? Willow feels betrayed by everyone she knows and loves when she is sent to stay with her employer's sister and her family in Boston. She vows to forget them all and start a new life there. But, with another new life forming inside her, can she really do that? How will Lou and Willow make things right between them? Can they? And what of the madmen who vowed to kill her to get even ...

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 42 cents - plus one busted harmonica - to capture Three-Fingered Jack McKinney. Turns out, McKinney's 12-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 he agrees to go after McKinney and his bank-robbing gang.

Austin Burke, age 16, does not have an easy life, yet he chooses not to let that bring him down. He has big ambitions. Someday, he is going to become a lawman. Sheriff Dalton keeps treating him like a kid, but Austin doesn’t care. He wants to prove everybody wrong. One day, an outlaw by the name of Lyra Holden rides into town looking for the sheriff. She has some unfinished business – to get back at the sheriff for locking up a man she has been hunting down for a long time. Nobody has the right to touch her prey. It is her job. After realizing Sheriff Dalton is out of town, Lyra goes ...

"Ranger Bill" is a classic Christian radio adventure series that captivated audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Set in the fictional town of Knotty Pine, the show follows the daring exploits of Ranger Bill Jefferson, a dedicated forest ranger, and his humorous sidekick, Stumpy Jenkins.

No lawman has ever been tested under fire as Sheriff Clay Granger. The lawman must respond to a large murderous Vortman family intent on leaving behind a trail of blood and fear in 1874 Empire, Texas. The Vortmans, led by evil patriarch Asa Vortman, don't mind burning, shooting, bludgeoning or blowing up anyone who gets in their way. To complicate matters, the insidious gang are holed up a most well protected pieces of real estate on the frontier, Ridge Country. Nobody can lay a hand on them in the barren, rugged rock terrain. Or can they? That's Clay’s mission as he fights against the ...

Edited and Corrected Wade Garrison took his vengeance against the men who took the life of his unborn child and tried to kill his wife and son. When the last man was dead from Wade's Sharps Rifle, he took off his badge and rode out of Harper, Colorado a wanted man disappearing into the Montana Territory.

Stories contained in this volume: "The Enterprising Necromancer":In the town of Name Pending, Wyoming, Elijah Potbury does brisk business as the territory's only practicing necromancer. For a reasonable fee, he'll raise any friend or family member. When a local rancher complains of his newly resurrected ranch hand being defective and demands a full refund, Potbury refuses to comply. The incident is reported to the town marshal, who investigates. "Low Noon": Potbury the necromancer sends out an invitation to out-of-town gunfighters to challenge his own shootist, the late Nat McGrue. McGrue ...