Synopses & Reviews
HOLY HELL Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has encountered many a relentless outlaw in his days as a lawman, but none quite like Fannin “Dad” Orwick. The devout leader of the Redemption Riders, Orwick robs and kills to support his ever-expanding family of young wives and children, all in the name of the Lord.
After the Ranger learns that Orwick is moving his harem of wives to a compound deep in the Mexican badlands, he heads south—and meets an unlikely ally in a stalwart woman named Mattie. Once married to Orwick, Mattie has her own dangerous plans for her bloody-minded ex. But neither Sam nor Mattie can know just how far Orwick is about to go for God and family…
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Praise for Ralph Cotton:
“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
“Gun-smoked believability…a hard hand to beat.”—Terry Johnson
“Cotton’s blend of history and imagination works because authentic Old West detail and dialogue fill his books.”—Wild West Magazine
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“A storyteller in the best tradition of the Old West.”—Matt Braun, Golden Spur Award-winning author
“One of the best western writers today.”—Western Horseman
“Gun-smoked believability…A hard hand to beat.” —Terry Johnston
“Authentic Old West detail and dialogue.” —Wild West Magazine
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About the Author
Ralph Cotton has been an ironworker, second mate on a commercial barge, a teamster, a horse trainer, and a lay minister with the Lutheran church. Hes written six historical novels in the critically-acclaimed Jetson Nash series, one of which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Corydon, Illinois.