Wasatch County Library

"'On this trip there will be no cussing, no drinking, no gambling, and no loose women.' No problem. Or so Red Ryan thinks--until he meets the passengers. They include four holy and silent monks, one beautiful lady tutor, and a drunken, washed-up gunfighter. Even worse, they're crossing the wild Texas hill country where bloodthirsty Apaches are on the loose and a killer is on the prowl. But that can't compare to what's waiting for them at Fredericksburg....

"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. Cleve's uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the...

"Settling the American West required men to enforce peace in a land where justice was delivered from the barrel of a gun. Wagon trains along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. With families being terrorized, Preacher and MacCallister volunteer to escort the next wagon train. Preacher travels with the settlers while MacCallister trails at a distance, scouting for trouble. Battered and weary, the travelers are no match for the trigger-happy...

"When greed overtakes men's souls, it falls to the righteous mountaineer known as Preacher to rain fire and brimstone upon them from the barrels of his guns . . . Preacher has agreed to escort Barnaby Cooper through Dakota Territory's hills to establish a trading post. Accompanied by his friends Lorenzo and Tall Dog, the mountain man hopes they'll be able to protect Cooper from Sioux warriors who don't want any white man trespassing on their sacred...

"Dakota Territory, 1867. The ODriscoll brothers have survived a Sioux massacre, but Michael is gravely wounded. The deserters are fleeing north with Toms lover, Sara, when they come upon a sheltering rock by a river down off the Bozeman trail. If there is game here, they may survive the winter. But their attempts to find food and endure the savage winter are threatened by the arrival in their camp of two trappers, whose presence sets in motion a series...