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 Orez—if he doesn’t drown first.
More Than 2.5 Million Ralph Cotton Books in Print
“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
“Cotton’s blend of history and imagination works because authentic Old West detail and dialogue fill his books.”—Wild West Magazine
“[Cotton’s] 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
Ralph Cotton has been an ironworker, a second mate on a commercial barge, a teamster, a horse trainer, and a lay minister with the Lutheran Church. He’s now a bestselling author who’s written more than 70 western novels, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated While Angels Dance. He lives in Corydon, Illinois.
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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 Orez—if he doesn’t drown first.
More Than 2.5 Million Ralph Cotton Books in Print
Reviews
“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
“Cotton’s blend of history and imagination works because authentic Old West detail and dialogue fill his books.”—Wild West Magazine
“[Cotton’s] 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
Ralph Cotton has been an ironworker, a second mate on a commercial barge, a teamster, a horse trainer, and a lay minister with the Lutheran Church. He’s now a bestselling author who’s written more than 70 western novels, including the Pulitzer Prize nominated While Angels Dance. He lives in Corydon, Illinois.
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