Charles West

"Joel McAllister is a lieutenant in the Confederate Army--or at least he was, until Lee surrendered. Now he's determined to get as far away from war as possible, somewhere beyond North and South (and maybe somewhere with some gold): Idaho Territory. Accompanied by his steadfast sergeant, Riley, the two former soldiers travel westward from Texas. But the trail to Silver City is littered with peril--including a band of notoriously merciless Comanche...

Driven from home by gunfire and fear of the law, young John Slater Engels seeks refuge in the mountains of Montana. He meets Teddy Lightfoot, who invites the boy to live with him and his wife in a small Crow village nestled in the Absaroka Mountains. For safety, he goes only by his middle name. As Slater grows into manhood, he becomes an excellent scout and is hired to assist the soldiers at Fort Ellis. But just when the future begins to look bright,...

There's no taming Billy Blanchard. He's cut from the same rough cloth as his father, Jacob, the man who built the town of Black Horse Creek from nothing. Jacob takes pride in Billy's lawless, wild ways. But when the boy returns home with a stolen horse, having just killed a U.S. Marshal, Jacob knows trouble will be coming. Called in on special assignment, enigmatic former deputy marshal Grayson is asked to find Billy. The marshals would prefer to...

Even at seventeen, Carson Ryan knows enough about cow herding to realize the crew he's with is about the worst ever. Then gunshots ring across the range. Suspecting an Indian attack, Ryan gallops straight into a U.S. Army raid. The outfit he's with is nothing but a bunch of murdering cattle rustlers, and the law thinks he's one of them. Tied up, thrown in jail, and tried by a hanging court, he has only two options: escape or die trying.

"Orphaned in a massacre. Raised by Crow Indians. Destined to become a powerful hunter, a legendary scout, and a true American hero . . . As a widower with three young boys, Duncan Hunter dreamed of a new life for his sons in the heart of Washington Territory. But the journey was doomed from the start. Before reaching Hell Gate, their wagon train was attacked by Blackfoot Indians. Most of the pioneers were viciously murdered. But Hunter's son Cody...

Clint Cooper, the easy-going foreman of the Double-V-Bar Ranch, expects little in return for his labor other than the satisfaction of a hard day's work. So when Sioux raiders descend on Yellowstone Valley, threatening not only the livestock, but also the locals, it's no surprise when Clint goes above and beyond to protect his folk and his livelihood - joining with soldiers from neighboring Fort Keogh to hunt the Sioux down. But while most people are...

Wyoming holds the promise of a bright future for newlyweds Cole and Ann Bonner. Alongside Ann's sister, her husband, and their children, the young couple have braved the long, hard road across Nebraska in hopes of building a new life for themselves on a tract of land near Crow Creek Crossing. But their dreams of a fresh start are quickly cut short. While Cole is away in town, a gang of outlaws led by the vicious Slade Corbett raids the family homestead,...

Determined to finish what he started long ago, Deputy Marshal John Chapel joins the hunt for Bevo Rooks, one of the outlaws responsible for brutally murdering his parents--and the last one left alive.