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The Pinkertons believe Rollie “Stoneface” Finnegan was the best agent to ever wear the badge. So does dewy-eyed Pinkerton hopeful and sleuth-in-training Tish Gray, who’s just arrived in Boar Gulch. As co-owner of Boar Gulch’s Last Drop Saloon, Stoneface is content slinging booze into guts instead of bullets. But when his partner Jubal “Pops” Tennyson needs help to rescue his daughter, Stoneface saddles up to take a hard ride into hell. Their destination is Deadwood, Dakota Territory, the notorious mining town and outlaw haven where folks can dig up a gold fortune or dig their own grave.

The Cowans have arrived in Texas to homestead. After their dangerous trek west, they want to settle, free from worry and danger. With the help of his son, Wes, the McLeod brothers, and Pony Boy, Bruce is ready to raise his cabin.

U.S. Marshal Will Tanner is a man of the law, not a gun for hire. Except when a friend’s in danger and needs the Tanner brand of help that comes out the barrel of a gun.

Scottish cattleman Duff MacCallister staked a claim for his life in America—and reserves a righteous anger for those who break the law in this smoking six-gun shootout from National Bestselling Authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone.

Morgan Clyde, former New York City peacekeeper and Union army veteran, is a man of righteous words and a gunfighter of uncanny skill. With deadly aim he has ended the reign of every badman to walk the dirt-packed streets of Indian Terriotry’s notorious Ironhead Station. But now he faces those who wear the badge.

Billy Bob Holland is a lawyer for the people of sunbaked Deaf Smith, in southern Texas. Although occasionally he is haunted by memories of a violent past, his life is serene—until a local guitarist, Lucas Smothers, lands in jail for raping and murdering a young woman. As Billy Bob gathers information to defend him, the evidence soon points to the son of a wealthy local businessman. In the ensuing battle, money is pitted against the law. But a deeper struggle also arises, for Lucas is Billy Bob’s illegitimate son.

From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he’s found work as a peacekeeper and prospector—the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger.

Located in the bullet-riddled heart of Texas, the Lost Coyote Saloon in the town of Wolf Creek is a magnet for drifters, grifters, and outlaws on the run. That's why the bar's manager, the beautiful Rachel Baskin, is glad the new owner is Ben Savage. A former Texas Ranger with a fast draw and low threshold for trouble, Savage knows how to keep the peace. But when notorious hellraiser Malcolm Hazzard is released from prison—and heading to Wolf Creek to kill the local sheriff—the whole town knows the lawman doesn't have a prayer. There's only one way to stop a devil like Hazzard.

In his younger days, Taylor Callahan didn’t know right from wrong—and didn’t much care either. As a Confederate bushwhacker, renegade outlaw, and all-around hellraiser, he gave the devil himself a run for his money. Somewhere along the road to perdition, he decided to change his wicked ways. To atone for his sins. So he became a traveling preacher. But Taylor Callahan is no ordinary preacher. He rides the Western circuit looking to help lost souls. His mission of peace takes a violent turn when he enters the godforsaken town of Falstaff, Texas.

"Hugh", grüßt Winnetou, der bekannteste Indianer Deutschlands. Spätestens seit der Verfilmung der Karl-May-Romane ist er Kult. Die erste Erzählung über den Häuptling der Apachen gilt als Ursprung für alle folgenden Geschichten aus der amerikanischen Prärie. Die Geburtsstunde einer literarischen Legende.

For years, Caleb Marlowe has been following a hard trail. But fate finally seems to be smiling on him. The ranch he and his partner have been building is ready for a herd of longhorns, and a ghost from his troubled past is about to dance at the end of a hangman's rope. With winter descending on the Colorado boomtown of Elkhorn, Caleb's future looks bright. But in the wild West, a man's fortune can turn with the speed of a mountain storm. When his partner is jailed for murder, his herd taken by rustlers, and his ranch nearly destroyed, Marlowe knows someone is trying to run him off.

Since reluctantly accepting the marshal's job at South Pass City, Jake's life has become an unending run of solving other people's problems. When outlaw boss Dutch van Zandt and his ruthless band mount a campaign of mayhem in Jake's corner of the Wyoming Territory, Jake learns that Lucien Ashley, his persistent adversary, might be aiding the criminals to expand his burgeoning cattle fortune.

For Smoke and Sally Jensen, the Sugarloaf Ranch is a glorious stretch of untamed land near the Colorado-Kansas border, the perfect place to stake their claim, raise some cattle, and start a new family. But when a man claiming to be an army colonel arrives in Big Rock—with a well-armed militia—the Jensens’ dream becomes a living nightmare. Colonel Lamar Talbot claims there’s a war looming with the Cheyenne Indians. And only he can save them from a bloody massacre—by launching a bloody counterattack… Smoke and Sally aren’t sure they trust him.

In the anything-goes world of post-Civil War California, there were some who went looking for trouble. And there was one who sat back and let trouble come to him. Stern-voiced John Dehner stars as Paladin in twenty exciting radio adventures. The black-clad troubleshooter was a thoughtful man, a figure of erudite sophistication who preferred not to use his gun unless pressed to do so by circumstance. But you really didn't want to press him.

Die vier Reiter brachen aus dem Sumpfwald hervor. An langen Leinen führten sie riesige Bluthunde mit sich. Sklavenjäger. Jetzt hatten sie uns. Die vier Schwarzen würden sie lebend fangen; die waren viel Geld wert. Mich und Kilian würden sie töten. Ich zog meinen Revolver. Ronco glaubte, in St. Joseph ein neues Zuhause gefunden zu haben. Dann wurde der weiße Apache zum ersten Mal mit der Sklaverei konfrontiert. Er geriet in Kontakt mit der "Untergrundbahn", einer Organisation, die Sklaven befreite und nach Norden schmuggelte. In den Sümpfen am Missouri begann ein Kampf auf Leben und Tod.

Die Männer starben schnell. Ich sah, wie der Farmer von einer Kugel in die Stirn getroffen wurde. Die Reiter rissen ihre Pferde herum. Der Stall und die Scheune standen in hellen Flammen. Nur das Prasseln des lodernden Feuers war zu hören, als die Reiter in den langen Umhängen davonritten. Ich hörte noch ihren Hufschlag, dann verschluckte die Nacht die Mörder. 1859. In Kansas tobte ein erbitterter Kampf zwischen Freistaatlern und Südstaatenguerillas. Ich wusste nichts davon. Als weißer Apache hatte ich in einer anderen Welt gelebt.

Die Rurales hatten mich entdeckt. Sie preschten über die Hügel wie Schattenrisse von Todesengeln vor einem glühenden Horizont. Sie waren zu viert. Zu viele für mich. Der Kampf konnte kurz werden, aber ich war entschlossen, mich so teuer wie möglich zu verkaufen. Ronco, der weiße Apache, will zurück zu seinem Volk, den Chiricahuas. Der Weg führt direkt in die Hölle.

Die Postkutsche stand quer auf dem staubigen Weg. Die Gespannpferde lagen tot am Boden. Über dem Peitschenhalter hing der Oberkörper des Kutschers. Die maskierten Männer umringten den Fahrgast. Einer trug eine helle Kette - eine Kette aus Menschenzähnen. Ein Schuss krachte. Der Fahrgast kippte zur Seite. Ich sah das alles aus meiner Deckung wie in einem bösen Traum und wusste, dass mein Schicksal ebenfalls besiegelt war. Noch vor einer Stunde war ich sicher gewesen, wieder einen festen Platz im Leben gefunden zu haben. Ein neues Zuhause. Auf einer Postkutschenstation am Arkansas River.

Preacher is no hired killer. When a wagon train is ambushed on the Santa Fe Trail, though, he can’t say no to the St. Louis businessman willing to pay him for justice. It’s not the stolen gold that’s convinced Preacher to take the job. And it’s not the missing body of one of the wagon train’s crew, a prime suspect who may have plotted the ambush and taken off with the gold. No, it’s the suspect’s lovely fiancée, Alita Montez. She believes her boyfriend is innocent—and has run off to find him. Preacher can’t abide the idea of a young woman alone on the Santa Fe Trail.

Ich saß in der Falle. "Lass das Gewehr fallen", sagte der Mann hinter mir. "Du lebst nur noch, weil du blondes Haar hast und kein richtiger Apache bist. Weil ich dich brauche." Ich sah, wie die Krieger starben, meine Brüder, die mich hätten befreien können. "Du bringst mich hier raus. Wenn ich sterben muss, stirbst du mit mir", sagte der Mann. "Wenn wir überleben, hole ich mir Ihren Skalp", antwortete ich. Das war ein Versprechen - und ich würde es halten. Das Leben als Indianer lag hinter Ronco. Zum zweiten Mal verlor er seine Heimat.