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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.

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.

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 Colorado Territory is the story of the Bar TC’s move from No Man’s Land in the Indian Territory to Las Animas County in the Colorado Territory. Before the trail drive even starts, Klu saved a white girl from Indians, had a run-in with buffalo hunters, and fought off a group of Comanche. He buys land and files homestead claims for 160 acres for each of the Bar TC crew. While on the trip, he marries Melody Rose Goodwill, the girl he rescued from the Indians. The trail drive from No Man’s Land to Las Animas County is only about fifty-five miles.

The Zack Branson: Texas Ranger saga continues when his cousin, Sarah Jane Branson, becomes a deputy sheriff in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. She gets thrown into the fire early on and is forced to shoot a Methodist minister. Shortly thereafter, Sarah is forced to kill a man who is holding a child hostage and threatening her father, US Marshal Kenny Branson. Next, Sarah Lil Britches is part of a posse that goes after bandits who robbed the Sunflower Bank in Albuquerque. Sarah and Deputy Neal Bush continue after the bandits, whittle their numbers down, and get the men in jail.

The Texas Rangers were Zack’s second choice, but once a Ranger, he was glad it had worked out the way it did. Zack teams up with a grizzled, old, former mountain man to track a killer who chose the Palo Duro Canyon as a hiding place. The former mountain man wants the reward, and Zack wants the fugitive. They struggle against a Texas winter storm and bounty hunters to find the killer. When Zack goes after Klan members who killed two Black men in Van Zandt County, Texas, the murderers decide the Ranger needs to die. The question becomes—can he find the killers before they kill him?

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.

Creek Marshal Service field office in Sedalia, Missouri. Norville Smelts robbed the Central Bank in Sedalia, and killed the bank president during his escape.

In 1903, Creek Rivers is traveling to Chicago by train to find the kidnappers of Harold McCormick, Jr., the grandson of John D. Rockefeller. As he dozes, his mind returns to his greatest challenge in tracking a criminal. In 1888, Creek was tasked with the responsibility of going to Norfolk, Nebraska, to catch a man who had killed a judge. The chase continues day after day, with one obstacle after another as he and the killer travel through the Dakota Territory. The ordeal finally ends at the Canadian border with a surprise ending.

The Frontiersman – Massacre at Buffalo Creek, continues Hannibal Brinks and Stumpy Smith saga. As they were delivering cows to the mining camp, Tall Bear and his Arapaho braves attacked them in Drago Canyon. They survive the ambush only to be attack. On their way back to the ranch, five drygulchers try to steal the money from the cattle sale. They survive the attack and meet two men who will become cow hands on their ranch. A young Lieutenant stops at the Circle BS and spends the night with his detail.

The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma has been bombed. The FBI has determined that two men, working entirely alone, were responsible for the blast that killed 168 people and injured hundreds more. One man in the Bureau knows that there is a coverup, and if it is ever discovered, his position and those of others will pay the price for the deception.

Some dirty polecats Arizona Moonshiners are making poisoned moonshine and selling it to Apache Indians, miners and cowboys near Globe, Arizona. Will gets help for two local cowboys and he uses the authority given him by the Arizona Rangers to hunt down the outlaws. He discovers that the moonshiners are also robbing the payroll shipment from the train and that the Indian Agent on the San Carlos Indian Reservation may be the boss of the outlaws.

Hannibal and Stumpy travel to Kansas and purchase Amos, a prized shorthorn bull to breed their cattle. Rustlers try to steal the prize bull and pay for their folly at the end of a rope on a giant catalpa tree on the ranch. Stumpy rescues a girl from Comancheros, and then fights the Comanche Iron Kettle and his braves to get back home. He ends up keeping the Indian alive and hangs him from the giant catalpa tree. A demented preacher hires men to kidnap the girl Stumpy rescued.

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

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.

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.

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.

Jeb and Jesus take a group of horses to Fort Lyon to sell, and are attacked by Apache. Ute Indians attack the Samuel Brummett spread. An Army detail is sent from Fort Garland to capture or kill the Utes that escaped from the White River Reservation.

After working on the Oliver Rogers ranch, Bas and Fletch Stevens decide to go out on their own. They are faced with the daunting challenge of building a ranching operation on the Arkansas River in Colorado. Among their challenges are the Indians who consider the area their home, the hostile weather, cattle rustlers, homesteaders who encroach on the public land, and the ever-changing price of beef.

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.