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Western story about Comanches.

This is the concluding volume of the saga of Barnabus Sackett, patriarch of that family. He returns to England, where he learns of an order for his arrest. The gold coins he found in Sackett's land are thought to be the royal treasure King John lost in the Wash during the time of the Crusades. After encountering some old friends and enemies from the previous book, he returns to America with Abigail, his new bride. He establishes a community between...

This volume provides an overview of his work, from stories that won national awards (such as the Spur and Peacemaker) to tales that are brand new. Western, science fiction, fantasy, (topped off with a bit of poetry).

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...

When Sheriff Herschel Baker's young cousin, Wulf, turns out to be good with a gun, Baker pins a deputy badge on him. But once the lawmen track down a thief, Wulf finds that he has a score or two to settle back home.

In the twilight of his years, Deputy U.S. Marshal Hayden Tilden looks back on his life as a lawdog, and the time he recollects most vividly is when he rode with the Brotherhood of Blood, hunting down criminals deemed beyond justice who would never see the inside of a courtroom. The Coltrane brothers butchered most of the Cassidy family and made off with their daughter, Daisy. But when a girl down in Texas claims to be Daisy Cassidy, Tilden smells...

He was half Apache, half white. As a boy, he had seen his Indian mother gunned down by the hated bluecoats during an attack on his village. Now, years later, here he was, Wade Chisholm, scout for the US Cavalry, alone in Apache country, asked to locate the hostiles. Amournful sound filled the desolate desert. The Apache death chant. Chisholm was as good as dead.

It was one of the neatest swindles of all time, and it looked foolproof. The scheme was simple: find a rich gold mine with a greedy superintendent, bribe him to report only half the mined gold, convert the stolen half into cash, and buy control of the company's stock. By the time the theft was uncovered, the company would have changed hands. The one element overlooked in the plan: chief mining engineer and troubleshooter Ghost Merrill. Merrill was...

A hidden fear. A daring challenge. A liberating love. Christian Western Romance at its best. A motorcar accident on a rainy Chicago night steals Ella Canaday's fiancé as well as her ability to ride. Clinging to the remnants of her independence, she cuts her hair and her ties with her wealthy father and takes a train west as the seamstress with a moving-picture company. Colorado offers the change of scenery she needs. But she doesn't expect the bold...

Amid the stark surroundings of an Army post in the heart of Indian country, beautiful, cultured Hannah Wade has managed to create a private haven for herself and her handsome, dashing husband, Major Stephen Wade. And Stephen is proud not only of the home she has made for them, but of the fact that the men in his command are smitten by his wife's loveliness. Then suddenly, Hannah's comfortable, sheltered existence is shattered during an innocent afternoon...