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The Cattlemen is a Western novel based on the relationship between Bill Brubaker and Bud Baxter, childhood friends who share the dream of becoming cattlemen. The friends grew up on adjoining farms in the Huzzah Valley in central Missouri, left home together, fought in the Civil War in the same unit, and went to Texas together to pursue their dream of becoming Cattlemen. They rounded up feral cattle in Texas and Oklahoma Territory.

The story of Hannibal Brinks and Stumpy Smith continues. Stumpy and Mabel get married and move into his cabin. Hannibal and Stumpy decide to take another trip to the Neutral Strip in search of feral cattle. Thelma decides that she wants to be a working cowhand and puts her mettle on display by saddle breaking a horse that Hannibal couldn’t handle

Egyptian terrorists dressed as Israelis attacked the refugee camp at Khan Yunis and killed several Palestinians. The terrorists’ camp was discovered by U2 photos. Allen and a SAD team are sent to Egypt to terminate the terrorists.

Allen accepted an operation to Veracruz Province in Mexico to terminate an American citizen who was an arms dealer. The operation becomes convoluted, and his former Navy SEALs friends are brought in to extradite him and his partner.

Allen Stevens recovered from his wounds on the Funafuti Atoll, he and Bea are flown off the island to Hurlburt Field, Florida, where he is attached to the 1 Air Commando Wing. The Gomez drug cartel sent two killers to Columbus, Georgia, to find Allen. After dispatching them, four more are sent to assassinate him in Mary Esther, Florida. Allen and Bea managed to kill them and escaped.

When Stevens is going through basic training at Lackland AFB, he is interviewed by the base chaplain of all people and given the opportunity to volunteer to serve with a special unit. After going through special forces training at Fort Bragg, Stevens is sent to the CIA farm to have his skills further honed. He and a female operative help a Russian defector escape from Hungary.

Chip is purchasing supplies at Bent’s Stockade when he comes upon buffalo hunters who are holding a Cheyenne girl. He rescues the girl and heads out to return her to the Cheyenne village with the buffalo hunters hot on his heels. Ma Wheeler learns of an assassin and contacts him with an offer to go to Colorado and get the revenge she craves for the Davises’ killing her sons and nephews. Samuel T. Brummett has the same skills with rifle and pistols as the Davises. His arrival in Bent County sets up a test of wills, and the outcome of the possible conflict is in question.

Rebecca Joan Thacker had just celebrated her 11th birthday when word was received that her father had been killed in the Civil War. She was barely 13 when two bushwhackers dragged her into the barn on the family farm and raped her. The month before her 14th birthday she gave birth to a baby girl. A month prior to her 15th birthday, Becky’s mother died, leaving her all alone to raise a child.

The Davis brothers saga continues when two girls are taken hostage by Comancheros. The Davises are hired to go after the girls and return them to their parents. Chip and Spike accept the task. They leave Jeb in charge of the ranch and ride off with Andy trotting along beside them. The brothers soon discover that they are facing overwhelming odds. It seems that no matter how many Comancheros they killed, there are always more. On their way to save the girls from a fate worse than death, they face renegade Indians, cattle thieves, and more Comancheros than they want to confront.

Phoebe Anderson was born dirt poor in rural Missouri and moved to Kansas with her father and brother only to see them slaughtered during the Lawrence guerrilla raid. Armed with a hatred of the bushwhackers and the ability to shoot the eyes out of squirrel at 100 yards, she dresses as a boy and joins the Union Army as a sharpshooter.

The Bounty Hunter: The Legend Begins is the story of Peter “Spike” Davis, who leaves his parents’ Missouri farm to find his fortune in the West. By happenchance, he stumbles upon the role of hunting men for the reward on their heads, and discovers he has a talent for tracking, capturing, or killing humans. He takes some of the reward money he has accumulated, and buys a small cattle ranch in Bent County, Colorado, only to find there are no cows as were promised.

Deputy US Marshal Creek Rivers has a unique ability to track down and capture or kill men he is assigned to find. After he captures some of the most dangerous men of the period, Creek is summoned by the attorney general to find a little boy who has been kidnapped. Finding the Suggs boy, the kidnappers, and returning the boy safely put another of Creek's skills on display.

Sprout is attacked by Indians. He finds a buffalo wallow and stands them off until Klu and Shad come to his rescue. Melody delivers a baby girl they name Elizabeth “Lizzy." Mark decided to take a trip to Pueblo to clear his head and make a decision regarding his future with Rachel. While traveling, he helps the owner of a small ranch deal with cattle rustlers.

Klu and Shad complete the construction on the Bar TC ranch. Melody gives birth to a healthy boy and the future looks great. The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association decide that the best way to defeat the drought conditions of 1868 is to drive out all the farmers and small ranchers and use their land for grazing. First, the Lanswing ranch, the Slash L, finds themselves in the crosshairs of the Cattlemen’s Association hired guns. They refuse to sell or give in. Next in the sights of the hired gunmen is the Bar TC owned by Klu Klinger and Shad Benfold.

Allen Stevens received an invitation for him and his family to visit the California White House. He was informed that he had been selected to be the new director of operations for The Committee. Allen was given a new civil service cover position with the ISA, a newly formed intelligence group. His first task, as director of operations for The Committee, was to put together three teams to coordinate the terminations of the ringleaders of the plot to kill the president. The men, in three different time zones, were terminated at roughly the same time.

Many theologians, Bible scholars, and others have written commentaries on the Old Testament. And almost without exception, they have attempted to explain the intent and spiritual implications represented by the conflicting statements of the ancient writers without taking issue with the content itself. Unholy Dilemma: A Search for Logic in the Old Testament departs from the approach of presuming to divine what the ancient writers meant to say, and merely examines what they actually did say.

After putting together a large herd of Texas longhorn cattle, Hannibal and Stumpy headed the herd for California. Comancheros kidnapped Hannibal’s wife, Morning Star, to sell in Mexico. Hannibal set out alone to find and return her. Once they had secured Morning Star and other girls' release, Stumpy and Hannibal sold the cattle as planned and headed back to Kansas Territory. Now it was time to build a ranching operation.

When Hannibal Brinks left his boyhood home in Missouri, he was just 16-years-old. He joined a small wagon train headed West. On the way, he met two brothers who were mountain men, and traveled to the Rockies with them. After he leaves, the wagon train encounters Arapaho horse thieves, and is then attacked by a large number of hostiles.

Tipi Morris was a 12-year-old girl and part of a wagon train headed west. She was up early and went into a draw, leading her foal, Sundance, to relieve herself and let him graze. While she was hidden from sight, Indians attacked the wagon train and killed everyone including her parents. After the screams stopped and the Indians rode off, Tipi went to the wagons, and buried her parents. She scavenged everything she could find that was usable for the wagons and the Colt Baby Dragoon pistol and money that was hidden in her parent’s wagon.

Allen Stevens is summoned to a meeting at a cabin in the mountains of Virginia. After a briefing, he and three former Navy SEALs are given the opportunity to exterminate some of Washington, DC's most corrupt politicians. After weighing the dangers of the operation, the four men accept the mission.