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When he's not at the local pond trying to catch an uncatchable catfish named Bubba, "Catfish" Charlie Tuttle can usually be found at the Lone Star Outpost with his old pal Deputy Brazos and the post's lovely owner Julia Claire. Catfish has a sweet spot for Julia, so he's more than a little worried when she announces she's taking a stagecoach to Tombstone, Arizona. The stage runs through hostile territory, including a treacherous valley crawling with outlaws. Sure enough, Julia's stagecoach never makes it to Tombstone....

1890. The New Mexico Territory is a lawless frontier where criminals steal money and land alike with impunity. Everyone wears a six-gun and is ready and willing to draw it. In the new city of Montaña Roja, Fred Harvey’s growing empire is threatened by the robberies plaguing his newest Harvey House restaurant. To get justice, he needs a skilled detective to go undercover and procure answers to questions the law will not ask.

Pearl Richland left for the big city as soon as she could and never looked back. Until she lost her job and had to fall back on the only thing left to her name: the motel her great-aunt Pearlita left to her. But with a winter storm coming, Pearl hunkers down in the motel with the only guest passing through town, a man named Wil Marshall. He's a welcome distraction as the long cold days quickly turn to hot nights . . .

The campaign of hate and vengeance that a pair of violent criminals wreaked on Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett and his friend, falconer Nate Romanowski, left both men in tatters, but it was Nate who came closest to losing everything. Facing his lowest ebb, Nate decided the only option was to drop out of society. Taking only his birds, he went off-grid to rediscover his true self… and prepare for his own revenge.

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. For Preacher, that road begins at a remote trading post in the Bitterroot Mountains. At first, it's a friendly reunion with his old buddies Audie and Nighthawk. But then, a young Indian woman and her grandfather are attacked by a vicious gang of thieves—and all hell breaks loose.

Joe Smith looks like the last man in the West who could cause trouble. He’s polite. Soft-spoken. Careful with his manners. And in the frontier town of Oakwood, that makes him stand out more than a drawn gun. When Joe meets Carol Hoyt—a proud, independent shopkeeper determined to live by her own strict code of decency—he decides to become exactly what she admires most: a perfect gentleman. No gambling. No fighting. No swearing. No matter the provocation. But the West has little patience for manners.

In the bustling port of Alvarado, fortunes are made, smuggled, and stolen every day. For John Donovan and his crew, it's supposed to be a quick-and-dirty job: deliver a load of cloned cattle, collect the credits, and move on to the next job. But Alvarado doesn't do "quick." Not when two rival families are locked in a blood feud over control of the port. Not when every barfight could turn into a gunfight. And definitely not when Donovan finds himself caught between loyalty, business—and the wrong woman.

Fast, sharp, and tinged with irony, Just a Bit Too Fast is a classic slice of late-1920s pulp crime fiction from Hal Moore—where bluff, disguise, and nerve matter more than careful planning.

Jack Slade: The Song of the Butcherbird is based on the true story of Slade’s improbable survival, recovery, and redemption. With the help of his family; his loose-lipped, ne’er-do-well sidekick, Pete; and not a little liquid courage, Slade reluctantly returns to bring frontier law and justice to the plains—never again forgetting his revolver or Bowie knife.

April 1891, as the dusty frontier city of San Diego recovers from a collapsing real estate bubble, residents look forward to the arrival of Benjamin Harrison, the first US president to visit their city. Little do they suspect that some of their citizens are planning an attack on the president and his train.

Primi anni Cinquanta. John Grady Cole e Billy Parham lavorano in un ranch fra il Texas e il Messico. Insieme allevano cavalli, ascoltano sotto le stelle i racconti dei vecchi cowboy, si divertono al bar o al bordello. E al bordello John Grady incontra una sedicenne così bella da cambiargli la vita. Così contesa da costringerlo a scontrarsi con il protettore-filosofo Eduardo, in un duello allo stesso tempo epico e metafisico.

Twenty-two-year-old Jessie has served a two-year sentence for horse rustling. As a condition of her release she is apprenticed to Fitzgerald 'Fitz' Henry, who wants a woman to allay his loneliness in a valley populated by embittered ex-soldiers. Fitz wastes no time in blackmailing Jessie and involving her in his business of horse-rustling and cattleduffing. When Fitz is wounded in an accident he hires an Aboriginal stockman, Jack Brown, to steal horses with Jessie. Soon both Jack Brown and Jessie are struggling in the oppressive and deadening grip of Fitz.

Into the Sun is the accompanying novella for Jensen, the fourth book in the Sovereign Mountain Series. It follows Jensen and Della years after their marriage and provides a glimpse into their family and future in Montana. This novella must be read after completing Jensen, but is not necessary to...

When her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Angel has no one to turn to but Dalt, a gruff-spoken mountain man with an unsettling leer and a dark past. Angel follows Dalt to the boomtowns of the Colorado territory, where she is thrust into the hardscrabble world of dancehalls, mining camps, and saloons. From gold mines to gambling palaces, Angel tells the story of a girl navigating her way through life, as an orphan, a pioneer, and ultimately a miner's wife and respected madam . . . a story bound up with the tale of the one man in all the West who dared to love her.

A young Black man rises from the brutal depths of slavery to deliver a long-overdue reckoning in this relentless Western classic. When Pinkney sells Coal's mother and sister, Coal draws faster than his teacher—and leaves him dead in the dust. Fueled by a determination to free the enslaved and protect the innocent, Coal rides across the frontier with an unerring aim and a reputation that grows with every encounter.

Orphaned by a brutal attack, Cody Hunter was raised by Crow Indians in Yellowstone, Montana, and became the master tracker, Crazy Wolf. His exceptional skills earned him a place as a scout for the U.S. Army, but the deadly shadows of his past never stopped haunting him. Now, after fifteen years, Cody returns to Montana’s blood-soaked mountains to confront the tragedy that shaped his life.

While on the run from Rurales in Mexico, Lou Prophet stops at the familiar desert town of Chisos Springs. Except now it’s called Moon’s Well. And it appears that more than the name has changed. It’s being controlled by the scoundrel Mordecai Moon, who even charges people for water. Lou Prophet won’t stand for such shady business, but he’s never made an enemy like Mordecai...

Neben "Winnetou", "Der Schatz im Silbersee" und "Durch die Wüste" die vierte großartige Karl-May-Produktion des Westdeutschen Rundfunk...

Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett is called to a bizarre crime scene deep within the forests of Twelve Sleep County. Famous eco-activist Stewie Woods has been killed in an explosion, along with his new bride and ten head of cattle. The case is wrapped up far too quickly: an environmental publicity stunt gone wrong. But what is the millionaire rancher who owned the cattle hiding? And why is Joe’s wife Marybeth receiving mysterious phone calls from someone claiming to be Stewie Woods?

Even after the bombs fell, even after countries unleashed weapons beyond imagination on one another, even after lawlessness became the norm, people still expect their mail. As a deadman, I'm uniquely suited to deliver it.