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Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves. When the war ends, Lucas and almost 1,500 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which has a capacity of just under 400 passengers. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas finds himself further adrift.

Žádný z rudých kmenů dosud nevykopal válečný tomahavk. Komančové a jejich náčelník "Černý mustang" si však zahrávají s ohněm – snaží se přemoci Vinnetoua a Old Shatterhanda, překazit stavbu železnice a přepadnout bělošskou osadu. Skvěle napsaný román, v němž se to hemží lumpy, padouchy, ale i chrabrými chlapy a čestnými gentlemany, vyšel v češtině poprvé v roce 1908 a od té doby stále fascinuje čtenáře v mnoha opakovaných vydáních.

Jedno z nejznámějších děl Karla Maye se odehrává v pustině Llano Estacado na pomezí Texasu a Nového Mexika. Vystupuje v něm řada známých postav Mayova Divokého západu – Vinnetou, Old Shatterhand a k potěše čtenářů i další oblíbení hrdinové jako Hobble Frank, Dlouhý Davy, Tlustý Jimi či „duch prérie“ Bloody Fox. Ti všichni bojují s padouchy, kteří kradou tyčky, jež ukazují správnou cestu pouští, a přesunují je jiným směrem, aby své oběti zahubili žízní a mohli je snadno oloupit.

X Caliber is the famous age-old tale of King Arthur and Excalibur rebranded as an American Western. A story of growth, unity, family and survival in the harsh badlands of the old West.

Town Marshal "Bloody" Joe Mannion and his close friend, Wells Fargo detective Flint Henry, are on the trail of some of the most vicious killers Mannion has ever faced. Flint is killed so it's up to Bloody Joe to single-handedly retrieve the loot the gang stole from a train. He manages to take down the gang and secure the loot only to find himself facing yet another band of vicious killers who want to lay their own grubby hands on the cash. Bloody Joe, however, has other ideas . . . and this ain't his first rodeo.

The owner believes his Colorado ski villa is being built in accordance with sacred Navajo traditions. The contractor has to get the roof and walls closed in before autumn snows invade the house and ruin it. The building inspector has figured out who the crew really is and demands a bribe or he’ll stop work on the project. Jacek has met a woman who makes more sense than any of this and he wants to take her home with him, to the Tatra Mountains. The house, if it is ever finished, won’t protect anybody, not actually.

Arizona Territory, 1871. Valeria Obregon and her ambitious husband, Raúl, arrive in the raw frontier town of Tucson hoping to find prosperity. Changing Woman, an Apache spirit who represents the natural order of the world and its cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, welcomes Nest Feather, a twelve-year-old Apache girl, into womanhood in Aravaipa Canyon.

After a series of heroic feats of capturing and killing infamous outlaws—most notably Jim Webb—and an introduction to Belle Starr, Reeves finds himself in the Fort Smith jail, charged with murder. This second book in the Bass Reeves Trilogy investigates what really happened when Reeves made the greatest mistake of his life on the heels of his greatest achievements.

Zane Grey is considered the first and, by many, the best author of "Western" novels. This second volume contains four of his most popular novels, The Valley of Wild Horses, The Last Trail, The Rustlers of Pecos County and The Lone Star Ranger.

When Garrett Walkinshaw pays a visit to his sister, he finds her murdered—his albino niece left emotionally scarred on her bed. Determined on getting revenge, the two set out after the killer, following a bloody trail of skin-lacking bodies. After Garrett's best friend—a recently freed slave—joins the road-trip hunt, they're forced to teach Garret' s niece the dark world of survival and assassination in the gritty wild west, where they're met with myriad of roadblocks in the form of evil lawmen, bizarro brothers, a swamp witch, and more.

The bear seems harmless—at first. Just a lost and confused grizzly poking around Big Rock. Then the killings begin. A horse wrangler is mangled. A rancher mauled. Then a bartender in the heart of town is found clawed to a bloody pulp. Now every man in Big Rock is taking up arms to hunt down the beast before it strikes again—which worries the local sheriff. He’s afraid this amateur hunting party could turn into a mass funeral real fast. So he asks Smoke Jensen to help keep everyone calm and contain the panic. Unfortunately, it’s too late. The panic is out of control. And the hunt is on . . .

Zane Grey is considered the first and best author of "Western" novels. In this book, Lin Sloan's obsession with capturing a wild stallion he called "Wildfire" almost costs him his life. Bostil is a man who loves fast horses and is used to getting what he wants. Throw in a beautiful girl just coming into womanhood, a crazed young man with a grudge against her, a treacherous act, horse thieves and a yearly big race and you have all the elements Zane Gray so ably weaves into a fascinating story packed with action and adventure.

Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he'd hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend's Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live. But even she can't save him when the Starrett gang tries to rob the gold—and Johnny kills their leader . . .

One of the deadliest, crime-infested towns in Colorado Territory, Devil's Gulch needed more than a sheriff. They needed a gunslinger. So they pinned a badge on hardcase lawman John Holt. And the rest is history. As the town's new sheriff, John Holt achieved the impossible: He drove the devil out of Devil's Gulch. Corrupt, cutthroat rancher Joe Mullen—who ruled the land with an iron fist—is finally behind bars, thanks to Sheriff Holt. But the tables are turned when Mullen manages to overturn his prison wagon and make his escape—with an army of prisoners, outlaws, and lowlifes to do his bidding.

The United States of America has just been born from the fires of revolution. But in the wilds of Tennessee in the Southwest Territory, a fire still burns—especially in the heart of fifteen-year-old Owen Killefer. For Owen witnessed the massacre of his family by Tom Turndale—a depraved marauder who deserted the British during the war to live with the Chickamauga and plague the frontier settlements. And worse, Turndale took Owen's sister captive as his prize.

Seen through the eyes of a French Catholic missionary, Death Comes for the Archbishop is a tale about the development of the 19th-century American Southwest as the Indians and Spanish deal with each other and the arriving Americans.

As proprietors of the growing DT Cattle Company, Casey Tubbs and Eli Doolin finally have a business of their own. If they’re going to spend their remaining years corralling cows, at least they can line their own pockets with the fruits of their labor instead of making wealthy ranchers even wealthier. Unfortunately, the meat market has seen better days and the DT’s finances are drying up faster than a rain puddle—leaving Casey and Eli no choice but to procure cash by any means necessary—usually robbing banks.

Caleb Cantrill still can't find where he hid the bandit's gold or his cavern of riches. The only thing it seems he can find is more and more of the monstrous blight he unleashed on the peaceful valley he now calls home. Adding to his troubles, his twenty-four-hour reprieve from the gang is up soon, and the bandits will be returning, looking for their gold, or his life is forfeit. Kitty Welch is swept up in a corrupt scheme which may result in her arrest and deportation back to Scotland. Though she wants to flee, there is something keeping her in the valley.

Nolan Dobbs und seine Kumpane sind nach Denver gekommen. Sie haben gehört, dass die Menschen im Colorado-Territorium Geld für jeden Skalp eines getöteten Sioux oder Cheyenne bezahlen. Dobbs verspricht den Leuten in Denver, dass er mit seinen Männern diesen blutigen Job gut und schnell erledigen wird. Sie töten bald darauf die ersten Indianer und erbeuten deren Skalpe. Aber schon bald werden sie entdeckt und fliehen nach Fort C. F. Smith. Jetzt glauben Dobbs und seine Kumpane, erst einmal in Sicherheit zu sein. Sie haben sich jedoch gründlich getäuscht.

Nach dem entsetzlichen Massaker am 21. Dezember 1866 beginnt eine Zeit der Ungewissheit für die Besatzung von Fort Phil Kearny. Alle Soldaten sind verzweifelt und haben Angst, dass die Sioux und Cheyenne das Fort angreifen. Die Lebensmittelvorräte gehen aus, das Brennholz wird knapp und der eisige Winter sorgt für zusätzliches Leid. Es ist ein psychischer Ausnahmezustand. Colonel Carrington beschließt deshalb, zwei Männer nach Fort Laramie zu schicken, die eine Botschaft mit der Bitte um zusätzliche Truppen überbringen sollen.