Synopses & Reviews
SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER SHOWDOWN
Trouble follows horse trader Will Summers as soon as he sets foot in Dark Horses, Mexico. A party of men is intent on hanging Summers, believing him to be a horse thief, but not before they take him to their bossAnsil Swann, the very man Summers is delivering four horses to.
Will is saved from the hangmans noose when the men are waylaid by Ansils beautiful wife, Bailey. Only Bailey has an agenda of her own, one that lands Will right in the middle of a deadly shootout. Now, in a lawless land where anything goes, Wills gunslinging skills are put to the testand if hes not careful, he may never make it back across the border alive
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“A storyteller in the best tradition of the Old West.”—Golden Spur Award-Winning Author Matt Braun “One of the best Western writers today.”—Western Horseman “Authentic Old West detail and dialogue.”—Wild West Magazine “[Cottons] works incorporate…pace and plot in a language that ranges from lyric beauty to macabre descriptions of bestial savagery.”—Wade Hall, The Louisville Courier-Journal
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“One of the best Western writers today.”—
Western Horseman
“A storyteller in the best tradition of the Old West.”—Golden Spur Award-Winning Author Matt Braun
Synopsis
Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has something of a reputation for finishing what he sets out to dousually with a shot from his Winchester. Hed been on the trail of five gunmen for days. Then there was four. And he doesnt plan on stopping until every member of the notorious Golden Riders is behind bars or underground.
But when a few of the riders escape in a jailbreak, word gets back to gang leader Braxton Kane that his brother fell under the gun of a lawman. Now Burrack is both hunter and hunted, and if he doesnt live up to his reputation, he wont live very long.
Synopsis
KNOW YOUR ENEMY.
Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is a predator lying in wait. Hes undercover as an outlaw to infiltrate a pair of vicious border gangs and bring them down. This mission has already had its share of casualties, and if Burrack has his say, there will be more.
A cloud of dust rises as four men ride toward the Twisted Hills. The only thing between them and certain death at the hands of the Apaches is Sam, who also wants those men dead. But fighting in a land where gunfire draws a rain of arrows means silence is golden, and if Sam keeps his wits about him, hell be painting these hills red.
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About the Author
Ralph Cotton is a former ironworker, second mate on a commercial barge, teamster, horse trainer, and lay minister with the Lutheran church.