Ralph Compton western series

The best-selling Ralph Compton novels evoke the American frontier at a time when heroes and villains settled disputes with the exchange of hot lead. In the Sweet Grass Valley, Kent Tovey's Circle T ranch and Dar Pierce's DP ranch sit on either side of the Rio Largo River. Tovey and Pierce have no beef with each other-until a no-good schemer instigates a bloody feud between the old friends.

Bluff City is a prosperous silver-mining town--and a place of opportunity for those willing to exploit its hard-working citizens. Harve Barker is the wealthiest man in the territory, offering irresistible vices to anyone willing and able to afford them. Outlaw Jesse Stark has grown fond of the town's surrounding mining camps, leading a gang of desperadoes on a violent spree of robberies--and staying one step ahead of the law at all times. Between...

Ordered to head west when a New York gangster puts a price on his head for killing his son, Detective Sergeant John McBride ends up in High Hopes, Colorado--a lawless boomtown where McBride quickly runs afoul of corrupt saloon owner Gamble Trask and his vicious hired guns. When beautiful card dealer Shannon Roark asks for his protection, it's high time for one of New York's finest to dole out some frontier justice of his own.

Solomon Brakefield has been wronged one too many times after doing the right thing. He's so fed up with leading a noble life that he seeks out legendary killer and train robber Nestor Quarles to learn the ways of the outlaw. Nestor is willing to oblige, but the price may be more than Solomon cares to pay.

John McBride buys a restaurant in the failing town of 'Suicide'. He hopes he can put his past behind him, but it quickly catches up with him.

Years ago, Marshal Asher Thrall shot killer Ben Sharkey in the leg to save a fellow lawman. Since then, every crooked step has reminded Sharkey of the man who put a bullet in him. And he's set to repay the favor in spades.

Bandit Gus McCord may have only one good eye, but his partner, Doyle Hill, has the nose for sniffing out a golden opportunity. And that's just what he does when he discovers a black case guarded by the mysterious Mr. Mason. But instead of a fortune, Gus and Doyle uncover scraps of fancy cloth smeared in blood. They belong to Abigail Swann, the youngest daughter of a wealthy shipping mogul. It turns out Mason is an accomplice in a high-stakes kidnapping....

"Drill or be drilled. The streets of Green Meadow, Oklahoma, are flowing red with blood. At the scene of every grisly murder is a threatening message: Get out! A mysterious villian known as the Fat Man wants the black gold hidden beneath the town, and he's willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it."--P. [4] of cover.

Captain Jack Starr, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, tries to start a life in Lost Dog Creek, Texas, and has his dreams challenged by Hiram Sawyer, who has plans for the same woman and land sought after by Jack.

An Army officer swears revenge on the gunrunner who scarred him.

Rancher Cage Clayton was hired to track down a man who, years ago, left a trail of destruction in his wake. Though he doesn't know who his target is or what he looks like, Clayton does know that he's in Bighorn Point. Finding him shouldn't be too hard.

At fifty, cattle driver Sam Sawyer thinks he can finally dust off and retire, maybe open an eating house. But after a pack of Apache ambushes him and leaves him to die in Gila River country, he barely makes it to a remote ranch. The owner, Hanna Stewart, has worked the desert spread with her young daughter ever since her husband went for a ride and never returned. For years, she's been victimized by the corrupt sheriff of Lost Mine, Vic Moseley....

Since losing his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on. Now in Oregon's Rogue River region, he sees two men gun down a third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol and goes to the next town, where he learns that Payton Farraday, a well-liked local rancher has been murdered -- and becomes a suspect in the shooting. But Emma Farraday, the victim's niece, believes in Samuel's innocence -- and...

Their friendship started with a schoolyard tussle. Now, the need for revenge is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he'd turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather's dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends who are barely out of boyhood will...

When his old friend Ransom Barnes's ranch is attacked and burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, Chip Chippendale will do anything to help him even if it makes making a few new enemies.

Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry aboutéspecially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, heś settled where he is and resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter call home. So when his daughter is hit by a seemingly poisoned arrow during an Indian raid, Paul is determined to track down the Comanche villains who hurt his little girlánd bring them to justice with the help of Indian hunter Hank Adley, a...

"When young Jarret Pekoe aims to bring a band of violent border-jumpers to justice, his sister hires rifleman Lem Beauchamp to scare some sense into him. But when trouble arrives, they must work together to defeat the outlaws once and for all"--

"When a bunch of ruffians rob a bank in the sleepy town of Alpine, it's only natural for the locals to be alarmed. But this gang and its leader, Cestus Calloway, are not common criminals. In fact, Cestus is known as the Robin Hood of the Rockies, distributing his loot to those less fortunate, raining stolen money down on the townsfolk. As if that weren't too good to be true, this gang holds to one important rule: steal but don't kill... All Alpine's...

"Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the "Delta Jack," a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn't exactly been going Mason's way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley's willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back even threaten Mason s life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds...

In Omaha, Tom Calvert boards a riverboat to play high-stakes poker, but accusations of cheating cause some serious trouble, and a deadly gun battle ensues. Tom is injured and knows that his enemies will be looking for him, so he reluctantly accepts a bargain from young stowaway Asher. In exchange for Calvert teaching him gunslinging skills, Asher will guide them to a possibly mythical town of peace and plenty called Friendly Field. To get there, they...

"When twenty-five-year-old Lewis Taylor is released from the Texas State Prison, he receives little attention as he walks into the midday sunlight, free after serving five years for a crime he didn't commit. His only interest is in getting back to his hometown of Gila Bend, Texas ... What he finds ... is a town dramatically changed: once a happy and carefree place to live, it is now populated by people who are angry and afraid. One man, Captain Archer...

"Matt Wheeler was a legend in the West. His fast gun and dedication for justice made him a sought-after lawman for hire, but all of that vanished one dark night. Matt was convicted of murder for killing the man who killed his woman. Now he's spent his time in jail and is looking to even the score against the men who set him up"--

When his brother's widow asks for his help in finding his kidnapped niece, Sherman Knowles, once known as a fearsome gunslinger, comes out of retirement to rescue her before it's too late.