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There nothing a man won't do to rescue his family. Homesteader and small rancher Cliff Brooks is desperate to pursue the kidnappers of his wife and daughters but first, he must escape a crooked sheriff who is trying to prevent him from doing so. Like a lot of the others, the shady lawman will pay dearly for his foolhardy actions. The end results will not be pretty. This is frontier action moving at the speed of a bullet. In a land carved by dust, blood, and broken promises, one man rides the edge of justice. When lawmen turn corrupt and outlaws rule the range, it falls to the few who still ...

A killer will never kill again, A murderer will never slay an innocent victim again. A rapist will never impose his sickness on another woman. A child molester will never touch another child. Not after this group of elite trackers are aware of his existence and are dogging his tracks with his demise foremost in mind. Much too often, the lawyers of those who are caught bend and twist the law so that their guilty clients go free. Three retired special operations agents have been hired to rid society of a few such filth. They have no connection with the justice system. They have no qualms with...

NOT LONG AGO HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT. Since that release, Mark Robichaud has seen that justice was served not only to those responsible, but to several others. By now he has dealt with so many bad men that he has a burning desire to draw outlaw blood. Becoming a manhunter will afford him that opportunity.In the first book of the “Dead Man Out of Yuma, Series Two: Manhunter,” Mark Robichaud is leaving Mexico with two of the three outlaws he came down here to capture. According to his prisoners, the third member of their party, a gunslinger by the name of...

Mark Robichaud hadn't given a lot of thought to the people who were hired to work at Yuma Prison and then taken it upon themselves to make the inmates' lives a living hell. At least not until one of the sadistic ex-guards shows up in the city of Tucson while he is visiting. In addition to the fact the ex-guard is causing problems for his friend, Mark has a natural inclination to deal with the scum of the earth when given the opportunity. Now, he has been given the opportunity to deal with an animal they called "Salvo." Salvo won’t be bothering anyone else after tonight. Follow Robichaud ...

Outlaws don’t deserve to live in a free society. Some gunslingers don’t deserve to live at all. Bill Brody is one of them. For some reason, a soft-hearted parole board has unleashed “Outlaw Bill” upon the unsuspecting public. According to the county sheriff, Bill’s up to his old tricks. It appears only a bullet is going to reform him. Jake Stone, accompanied by Leon Sams, the first black deputy marshal hired out of the Denver office, is given the task of finding Bill. They can bring him in or “take him out.” Either way will work, but before they can get to Bill they’re going...

In the middle of nowhere, Stone and his fellow passengers find themselves stranded on a stagecoach with a busted wheel and an oncoming blizzard. After the driver mentions there is a railroad line not far from their location, Stone sets out to find the tracks and ultimately a train. He finds a train, but it isn't moving. The train has been robbed by outlaws and all but one of the crew has been murdered. If he’s going anywhere on this train, with the help of a surviving brakeman, Stone will have to figure out a way to move this behemoth himself. After mastering the controls to some extent, ...

This is one of five stories that is also found in the "No Name on the Bullet" volume of the Stone: Bounty Hunter series. In "Blood and Bullets on the Bayou," Stone has taken the plunge. The love bug has bitten him while he is vacationing in the city of New Orleans. He and his bride begin their honeymoon by taking a trip up the Mississippi on a riverboat. Will they live happily ever after? Not if the river pirates who board the boat to rob and steal and kidnap the bride as an afterthought have their way. Stone has been in some bad situations, but this seems to be the worst considering he’s...

"Crazy" Clyde Reed is waiting to hang for killing a deputy sheriff in Trinidad regardless of the fact the federal government wants him for killing a deputy US marshal. When he escapes the night before his hanging, the county is happy to let the US Marshal's office hunt him down. After he kills the town marshal in the little town of Eagle Junction, Stone is on his trail. Since Reed manages to reunite with some of his old gang, the Stone is going to have his hands full.Ride along with Jake Stone as he encounters ever-present danger and occasional romance in what was once the wild west frontier.

After killing more gunslingers than he cares to count, Mark Robichaud has whittled his mortal enemies down to only one that he is aware of. The problem is that this one continues sending other gunmen to kill him. Before it's over and the gun smoke clears, he'll not only have to contend with dead ringers, but he'll have to make a deal with the Devil. Ride along as Robichaud exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier. In a land carved by dust, blood, and broken promises, one man rides the edge of justice. When lawmen turn corrupt and outlaws rule the range, it falls ...

A gunslinger comes to collect money he hasn’t earned. He learns the hard way to never point a gun at a lady. Now, he’ll never collect. Although through no act of his own, when the gun smoke clears, Robichaud has one less gunfighter to contend with. It also seems he has inherited another dead man’s gun. He knows just where he can use this one. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.This series of short stories from Jeff Breland is an addition to the great western adventure genre in the tradition of R. O. Lane, Paul L. Thompson, and J....

Baxley, a Tucson banker, is still sending killers after Robichaud. That will soon end if Mark Robichaud has his way. Whether he likes it or not, he's going to have to kill Baxley or die trying. In the meanwhile, life goes on and in his job as a deputy sheriff, Mark has his hands full of outlaws and gunslingers of a different ilk. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier

Apache Terror: Massacre at Watchman Creek begins as a group of Comancheros deliver contraband to a renegade Indian named Black Wolf and his band of cutthroats. Black Wolf is very pleased with the mules the Comancheros have brought him to sweeten the deal. The fact the traders killed the owners of the animals doesn't bother him nor the leader of the Comancheros. Now Black Wolf wants something even more valuable than the mules. The renegade leader wants white women. The leader of the Comancheros has no intention of becoming involved in such a dangerous and foolhardy folly until one of his ...

Once again, John Stout is going to send a couple of gunslingers to kill Robichaud. If these two gunmen fail to complete the task, he is going to do the job himself or die trying. Follow Robichaud as he exacts his brand of justice in what was once the wild west frontier.

Gunslinger Joe “Mad Dog” Murray and his partner shoot Stone’s horse out from under him. Murray’s partner turns back to see if they also killed Stone. That was a mistake on the gunman’s part; his last mistake. Murray might be an outlaw, but he’s not that dumb. He continues to run. Stone is now afoot but by sheer luck, he catches a stage traveling in the same direction as the fugitive. Once Murray is in custody Stone takes him to the nearest sheriff but the lawman doesn’t have a jail. Chaining Murray for the night, Stone takes care of a local problem. The next day, after a long ...

Lawman business concerning two train robbers brings Stone to a booming mining town in Colorado. His first night here he learns first handed that there is something very sinister going on. An individual dressed as a man of the cloth and riding a white horse has killed three men for no apparent reason. Stone witnesses with his own eyes as the enigmatic "Preacher Man" makes his latest escape. When Stone wraps up what Uncle Sam sent him here to do, he is going to make his best effort to catch "The Deadly Preacher Man."

Otis Brady, Mark Robichaud’s best friend, is returning from Las Cruces by stage. The stage is not far from Wilcox when it is hit by bandits. The blood-thirsty killers shoot the driver, the guard, and two male passengers. Otis manages to escape and present a futile defense. Despite his efforts, they kidnap the only woman passenger with intentions of taking her to Mexico. Not long after they set out across the open desert, Otis is on their tails with a borrowed horse and rifle. Another tale of danger on the wild west frontier. In a land carved by dust, blood, and broken promises, one man ...

Now that the children are safe and Matt Watchman and his two employees set out in search of their wives and the Indians who have kidnapped them, he finds help in that endeavor from the most unexpected source.

A young black man, born to slaves, becomes one of the most dangerous gunfighters in the West as he fights injustice. Barely grown, Linc Tyler leaves his home on a plantation in northeast Texas headed west. While Linc is camped alongside the road his first night he meets a white man who is a professional gunman. While they are traveling together for three days, Linc learns a skill that will change his life. That skill is how to use the gun hanging on his hip. Another story of danger mingled with romance on the wild west frontier.

.BLOODY NIGHT IN NOGALES: Mark Robichaud is leaving Mexico with two of the three outlaws he came here to capture. According to his prisoners, the third member of their party, a gunslinger by the name of Juan Ortega, never crossed the border. Instead, Ortega stayed at a saloon and pleasure house just outside New Nogales called “Dirty Pearl’s and Sweet Sue’s." In hopes of avoiding the rurales, federales, and el jefe de policia of a nearby pueblo, Robichaud doesn’t take the main route leading out of here. Rather, much to the strong objections of his prisoners, he and they strike out ...

Prison Wagon: Gunslinger Joe “Mad Dog” Murray and his partner shoot Stone’s horse out from under him. Murray’s partner backtracks to see if they also killed Stone. That was a mistake on the owlhoot’s part; his last mistake. Murray might be an outlaw, but he’s not that dumb. He continues to run. Stone is now afoot but by sheer luck he catches a stage traveling in the same direction as the fugitive. Once Murray is in custody Stone takes him to the nearest town which doesn’t have a jail. Chaining Murray for the night, Stone takes care of a local problem. The next day, after a ...