Synopses & Reviews
A KILLER STORM
In the dark of night during a raging storm, a criminal is on the loose in the Arizona badlands. His name is Wilson Orez. Half-Apache and a former cavalry scout, Orez is skilled with weapons, seasoned in the desert, and trained to keep a cool head while death lurks all around him. Or when it springs from his own hands.
Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack knows the only way to stop Orez is to kill him. But the madman has robbed a stagecoach, driven away its horses, and brutally pistol-whipped one of its passengers, leaving four unfortunate souls stranded in a desert on the verge of flooding. Now Sam must lead them to safety before he can continue his hunt for Orezif he doesnt drown first.
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Review
“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
“Cottons blend of history and imagination works because authentic Old West detail and dialogue fill his books.”—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
Synopsis
Will Summers is a horse trader with a reputation that intimidates the most lawless of men. When the coldblooded Bendigo Brothers make off with his horses, they don't know what they're in for. Summers has a history of tracking down animals, and when he finds them he'll be sure to give them his own special brand, and let them live long enough to feel the burn...
Synopsis
In this intense Ralph Cotton western, bandits steal a man's livelihood and ignite his need for vengeance. Known for the role he played in taking down the notorious Peltry gang, Will Summers is a horse trader with a reputation that will intimidate even the most lawless of men. But when the cold-blooded Bendigo brothers stumble on a chance opportunity to make off with Summers' newly acquired horses, they act quickly and ruthlessly, leaving him unconscious and his companion Layla Brooks battered and blind.
Summers has a history of tracking down wild animals, and the Bendigo brothers are no different. He's ready to give them his own special brand and let them live long enough to feel the burn....
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.