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The first in a new series featuring an avenging agent appointed by President Grant to settle scores and see that all is right in the West. Zak Cody, son of a wily prospector and an Apache maiden, is thought to have retired as a colonel serving under General Grant, but in his transition to Presidency Grant has appointed this war hero to the role of enforcer and avenging angel of America's untamed regions. Now "the Shadow Rider" and his ebony steed Nox patrol the west assuring that wrongs are righted and those of ill will meet their maker. Heading for a rendezvous at an Army outpost in Arizona he comes across wagon train savaged by Indians and a young woman in need of saving, but not all is as it seems. Dark forces on all sides work to insight genocide and claim the land, and all its riches, as there own.

Those who inhabit the harsh, beautiful, blood-red land between Tucson and Fort Bowie have never seen the like of the Shadow Rider—who appears out of nowhere and vanishes just as suddenly in the desert heat. Now death and lies surround him again. The Apache are under siege for murders they didn''t commit—and Cody''s riding hell-for-leather into a war where nothing''s what it seems. But his mission is to get to the truth . . . and to kill the cause of the bloody chaos—even if it means laying down his own life.

Driven equally by his duty to his nation''s leader and by his need to avenge his father''s murder, Zak Cody is on the trail of the gold-hungry killer who made him an orphan. But while he''s taking down his adversary''s hired guns every step of the way, their leader, Ben Trask, continues to elude him. And Trask is brewing up a poisonous stew of betrayal, death, and lies with the powerful help of someone at Fort Bowie—a plan that will bring about the terrible slaughter of a proud but volatile native people. The death storm is rolling relentlessly in—and Cody must battle time, bullets, and savage nature to reach the one man who might help him prevent a massacre—the warrior named Cochise.

From Spur Award-winning author Jory Sherman comes the final novel in his acclaimedShadow Rider seriesA rebellion is brewing in the New Mexico territories. Ghost Warrior—a Navajo renegade using the name of a legendary fallen warrior—is stirring up fear and bloodlust. Under orders from President Ulysses S. Grant, Zak Cody—the elusive enforcer they call "Shadow Rider"—heads into the unknown to confront the killer. When he reaches his destination and discovers that an Indian raiding party has set upon defenseless victims, Cody suspects a snare is being set—and many more people will die if he is unable to avert the slaughter. His only hope is to spring the trap himself. But the Shadow Rider''s death could be the ultimate consequence. "Sherman knows how to make a western gallop."—Publishers Weekly

From Spur Award-winning author Jory Sherman comes the first two novels in his acclaimed Shadow Rider series—now in one volumeBLOOD SKY AT MORNINGRetired colonel Zak Cody has been appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to the role of enforcer in America’s untamed regions. Now “the Shadow Rider” patrols the west, assuring that wrongs are righted by any means necessary. When the Apaches come under siege for murders they didn’t commit, Cody’s mission is to find the truth—and to kill those who started this bloody chaos…even if it means laying down his own life.APACHE SUNDOWNZak Cody is on the trail of the gold-seeking killer who made him an orphan. But while he’s taking down his adversary’s hired guns, their leader, Ben Trask, continues to elude him as he brews a poisonous stew of betrayal, death, and lies in a plan that will bring about the slaughter of a proud, native people. Now Cody must battle numerous obstacles to reach the one man who might help him prevent a massacre—the warrior named Cochise.“Sherman knows how to make a western gallop.”—Publishers Weekly

Old friends meet new enemies in this western in Ralph Compton''s USA Today bestselling series.Chip Chippendale met Ransom Barnes after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. But when Chip first laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on different trails.Each man went on to own his own ranch, but when Ransom’s home is attacked and burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he is faced with ruin—and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader’s son. A target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains, Ransom turns to his old friend Chip. And Chip never forgets his friends—even if it means making a few enemies.More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!From the Paperback edition.

When ranchers have a problem with horse thieves or claim jumpers, they send for the Wild Gun—Cordwainer “Cord” Wild. A loner seldom seen in town, Cord always tries to apprehend his charges peaceably, but more often than not he is forced to bring them in boots first…  When Cord tracks down a pair of horse thieves and kills them in self-defense, he finds himself facing down a powerful enemy from his past. The two men worked for Horace Weatherall, an outlaw closely tied to the murder of Cord’s father. And after seeing the bodies of his men, Horace is determined to see Cord go the same way.

A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step in this Ralph Compton western...  Some think he’s crazy. But Felix Dagstaff has signed on to drive 4,000 head of wild longhorns from his ranch near Quitaque, Texas, up the Palo Duro Canyon to Cheyenne, more than a thousand miles away. Even if the passage were flat, you couldn’t pay most men enough to take on such a job. But poor odds have never stopped Dag before…    He’ll have to drive his cattle through blinding storms and swollen rivers. But the setbacks of Mother Nature pale in comparison to the sedition of his own men: one drover’s not who he claims to be; another tries to make off with part of the herd. With months of heat and hardship stretching before him like the treacherous but impossibly beautiful canyon, the chances of getting ahead are slim. But if he fails, Dag will lose everything he has fought for…More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

Cattle rancher Brad Storm was tracking one of his herd when fate set him within the lethal striking distance of a rattlesnake. Bitten and poisoned, he sent the serpent to meet its maker but then lost consciousness. Saved by a Hopi medicine man who believes Brad has inherited the spirit of the snake, he is given a new name—Sidewinder—and a totem to wear around his neck, the rattle of his attacker.   Brad doesn’t believe in spirits and just wants to put the incident—and Native American superstitions—behind him. But when rustlers torch his ranch, steal his cattle, and kidnap his wife, Brad embraces his new identity as he embarks on a trail of revenge.

Bad blood runs deep in this Ralph Compton western...Jock Kane would do anything for his buddy Chad Becker—except drive the rancher’s longhorns to the Ellsworth railhead in Kansas. Having lost his fortune and his faith on the last trail, and his beloved wife, Twyla, to a killer, Jock’s not looking for adventure. What gets him off his tail is finding out who’s vying with Chad for the Kansas sale. It’s none other than Twyla’s cold-blooded killer himself—Jock’s own brother, Abel, now in cahoots with a Yankee carpetbagger. Now there’s no hailstorm violent enough, no Apache savage enough, and no trail-drive turncoat dirty enough to stop Jock from redefining justice and revenge…   More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

Spur Award-winning author John Savage has destroyed the gang that murdered his family. Now he wants to work the land his kin died for-and find some measure of peace. But his desire for retribution is now a dark compulsion he can''t shake. And the only way he can take back his legacy is to send one remorseless band of outlaws straight to fiery, blazing hell.

Brad Chambers is a shell of a man. The Confederate Cavalry of the West is disbanded. The South’s cause is lost forever. And he’s seen too much blood and death for one man’s lifetime. All he wants is a reason to go on.    He finds it when his hated nemesis, Abel Thorne, burns a trail of destruction across Texas, slaughtering ex-slaves and wealthy landowners who have bowed to the Union. Chambers has waited years to find Thorne—the man who caused the destruction of his home and family—and now the time for vengeance is at hand.   But to track down Thorne, he will have to do the unthinkable, and fight alongside his old enemy—the Union Army...

Lew Zane gunned down the men who murdered his parents, and their families won’t rest until he’s swinging from the end of a rope. But Lew is ready to stop running and become a husband to Carol Smith and a father to her children …  Wayne Smith took out a price on his wife’s head in the form of an insurance policy. And when he murders Carol and his own children in cold blood, he destroys Lew’s last chance at finding peace in the world.  Now, Lew must once more take up the role of vigilante as he heads to Santa Fe to deliver the only brand of justice a man like Wayne Smith would understand…

Cattle rancher Brad Storm once survived a rattlesnake bite and exacted vengeance on his enemies. Because of that, he''s known as Sidewinder. In the employ of a detective agency, Brad represents law and order, but to outlaws, he''s as lethal-and unforgiving-as his namesake.

A family fights their demons on a dangerous cattle drive in this Ralph Compton western.Doc Blaine has signed a big contract with a cattle buyer up in Kansas. After a couple more good springs, Doc might finally be able to retire, but for now he’ll have to contend with a band of marauding brothers who are out for vengeance against the Blaines.   Another set of brothers might prove to be the bigger liability—his own sons. Doc needs sizeable herds from each, but Miles and Jared Blaine have been feuding for years over the same woman—even after Miles married her. And Jared once vowed that someday he would kill his younger brother—a threat he never took back…   But Doc believes he can get both sons to Kansas—as long as one doesn’t know the other is making the same drive…More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!From the Paperback edition.

John Savage is on the trail of a merciless killer who has kidnapped the daughter of the woman he loves.

The body of a sheep rancher is found headless, with a warning from a cattle baron known as "Snake": if the ranchers and their families don''t leave the mountains, they will all die. The dead man''s cousin demands justice, so he pays a visit to the Denver Detective Agency and acquires the services of Brad Storm, also known as "Sidewinder". So, armed with a new double-ought buck nicknamed "Snake Eyes", Brad heads to the mountains to hunt for a man just as deadly as he is...

A STING SO DEADLY After weeks of casing a ranch for its prized remuda, a gang of horse thieves pillage everything—leaving the owner’s wife dead. Before the distraught man can drown himself in booze, Harry Pendergast of the Denver Detective Agency offers him a chance for vengeance. Because this time, the victim is Brad Storm…aka the Sidewinder. It seems that Brad’s ranch isn’t the only one that’s been brutally hit. There’s a huge reward to track down the powerful thieves. But the hunt won’t be easy, taking the Sidewinder into dangerous territories and bloody battles. So when a showdown in Wild Horse Valley becomes imminent, Brad hatches a plan—one he hopes will have the villains recoiling in fear before the Sidewinder strikes back.

There''s a snake in this grass in this western in Ralph Compton''s USA Today bestselling series...  Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his—no strings attached. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have the banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the ranch for himself, and if he has his way, Dane’s herd will never make it across the Omaha Trail—and Dane won’t make it home alive… Up against Earl’s hired gang of outlaws, Dane must do whatever it takes to bring in the herd—but Earl has more than one trick up his sleeve. Planting one of his own men in Dane’s newly hired team of cowhands could be just the insurance he needs...More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

A MURDERER IN NAME ONLYYoung Jed Brand is on the run. He''s wanted for cattle rustling and three killings -- and the harder he rides, the more mayhem and murder he has to his name. The problem is, he''s not the one doing it.Silas Colter is as cold and cunning as any other lifelong lawbreaker. After he suckered in Dan and Jed Brand to help drive stolen cattle to Abilene, the scheme went bad, with Colter killing Dan and two lawmen -- and leaving Jed to hang. Now, he''s assumed Jed''s identity to cut a swath of blood through the West.To avenge his brother and clear his name, Jed hunts the vicious Colter across the plains, dodging bounty hunters and a relentless U.S. Marshal whose motives are as personal as Jed''s. All Jed knows is that if he ever wants to see the end of the Owlhoot Trail, someone''s going to have to die....

They struck without warning, eight greedy men who chose to live by the gun, ending eleven lives in a hail of bullets and brutality. They filled their pockets and saddlebags with the gold dust mined by their victims and disappeared after the slaughter with no thought to what they left behind…   John Savage watched helplessly from the safety of the mine as the outlaws gunned down his friends and family. He heard their names. He memorized their faces. And now, armed with the pearl-handled Colt pistol his father left him, John will show the bandits why his name is Savage...

The Nomad: Lew Zane believed he was delivering justice—not vengeance—when he tracked down and killed the men who murdered his parents. But taking the law into his own hands has taken its toll on his soul. Ridding himself of his land and property, Lew plans to leave Arkansas for good and put the past behind him.   The Kidnappers: They are the patriarchs of the most respected and wealthiest families in the territory—and the fathers of the men Lew Zane executed. They’ve abducted Seneca Jones, the woman Lew loves, hoping to lure him into a death trap.   The Outlaw: Lew’s enemies have underestimated him. He has nothing left to lose, and no fear of the consequences of his actions—which will brand him as a wanted man for the rest of his life.

When his family was attacked by Arapahos, Jared Sunnedon saw his parents slaughtered. He and his sister Kate made it out alive, only to be taken prisoner. Then and there, they vowed that if they were ever separated, they’d never give up the search for each other. After Kate was captured by Utes and sold off, Jared made good on his promise and escaped. But the hunt put a hard edge on the young man. He’s gotten a reputation as a bitter mad-dog killer. That’s the way Jared likes it. Because there’s no man alive—and no stretch of wasted desert or backwater dirt town—that’s going to come between Jared and the only family’s he’s got left.

Ollie Hobart has murdered his way from Colorado to Arizona, lining his pockets with gold along the way. He has outlived every bandit who has ridden with him, always staying one step ahead of the law. Now, allied with a band of renegade Navajos, he believes there’s no one to stop him from raiding every mine surrounding Tucson.     John Savage is one of Hobart’s victims, losing his family in a hail of gunfire from the merciless killer. He has taken his revenge against every member of Hobart’s gang, but the man himself continues to elude vengeance. Savage has sworn that Hobart will not leave Tucson alive, and in the final moments of his bloody quest he will learn whether the inscription on his silver-inlaid pistol is a blessing or a curse:   “Don''t draw me without reason, nor keep me without honor.”

Life means nothing to Ollie Hobart. He has no qualms about gunning down unarmed people in his pursuit of wealth—or leaving his fellow outlaws behind to pay the price for his crimes. He’s even willing to incite a war between the U.S. Cavalry and the Indian nations on the Western plains if it will line his pockets with gold.    John Savage witnessed Hobart’s gang murder his parents—and he’s been hunting them down ever since. His quest for vengeance has consumed him, darkening his heart with every outlaw his bullets send to Hell. And his fury will not be abated until he puts the man responsible for his family’s deaths six feet under...

At the far western edge of the Great Plains, where the prairie meets the mountains, flows the South Platte, drawing farmers, traders and trappers to land long held sacred by two proud tribes. As the pioneers stake claims beside the pure waters of the rive

Haunting, majestic, powerful, the Columbia River flowed down from the rugged Rockies, through the deep, forbidden forests, and across the open plain. Along its banks, bold, strong men of ambition and enterprise sought their fortune. It was a time and a place where the fur trade could make you wealthy...or get you killed. The race to riches along the Columbia rapids was cutthroat, and for every trader and trapper, there was a hired gun or assassin. Into this land of adventure and treachery came Jared Flynn, a man running from his tragic past...