THE FINAL BOOK IN THE SERIESThe burning quest that drives John Stone leads him to San Francisco—a crime-ridden city where he'll need more than his famed quick draw to keep himself alive. The trail of his long-lost Marie is hotter than ever—in more ways than one. What Stone learns about his woman sears through his soul like hot lead—and in the moment of Stone's weakness, a cold-hearted assassin pops up in his shadow. Stone's quest may end forever … in the silence of the grave …

HE PUT ON A TIN BADGEAND BACKED IT UP WITH HOT LEADWith six good men murdered in a single smoking night, Woodlawn was starting to feel more like a cemetery than a town. John Stone had no plans to stick around ... until the local killers sparked his wrath by gunning down his riding companion. Pinning on the tin star, Stone declares martial law. It's the bloodiest range war west of the Missouri. And Stone would rather die than declare a truce...

Lodestone prides itself on being the fastest-growing town in Colorado, but John Stone knows a con game when he sees one. And this is a con the size of the Rockies. The low-down varmints running the scam don't want to see him meddling—they'd rather see him dead. Stone's dodging bullets...and getting ready to fight back. Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position, and a woman who loved him. But that was before the Civil War. Now, he's lost his fortune: and his fi...

It happened fast.One moment Nathanial Barrington was riding beside his old West Point friend Johnny Davidson, listening to Johnny's tale of romantic woe. The next, he saw an arrow sticking out of Johnny's chest.A second later, Johnny was forgotten. Bedlam had descended upon the detachment of dragoons. Gunshots volleyed around them, arrows zipped through the air, there were screams of pain and the whinnies of horses. Nathanial saw men hit all around him, and then it felt as if...

Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position, and a woman who loved him. But that was before the Civil War. Now he's lost his fortune, and his fiancée has disappeared. All he has left is his Colt, a picture of Marie, and a mission—to roam the west until he finds the woman he loves. After a near-fatal attack by a band of outlaws led by an old friend of his, John Stone is brought back to the outlaws' hideout, where Sally Drake nurses him back to health, while her j...

IF WAR IS HELL, THESE GUYS WOULD HATE HEAVEN! When you want to win a battle, you get real men. When you want to win a war, you get The Rat Bastards. When they're not fighting among themselves, they're tearing raw, living chunks out of the enemy. Nothing — not death lurking in the jungle, not the wrath of a raging river — can stop the killer squad they call The Rat Bastards.

Everyone tells Duane Braddock to stay out of Escondido. But a month alone in the desert, even with his Apache trained survival skills, is a month too long. He's just partial to trouble—and when he's hired to bring order to the outlaw town, there's plenty for the taking. Before the day is out, four bullies are dead and the cold-blooded killer responsible is just warming up for his real target: Braddock. Duane knows that the truth about his family and his past is at stake, sending him on a v...

Driving three thousand head of Cassandra Whiteside's cattle into a town called Sundust, John Stone expected the usual gunplay with rustlers and bandits. But this time Stone collects double rations of deep trouble—and he'll need more than a fast draw to get out of Sundust alive.Two long-riding gunslingers, driven by a burning hatred of John Stone, share a single ambition; to bury Stone beneath the dry sod of Sundust … or die trying.

Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position and a woman who loved him. That was before the Civil War. Now he's lost his fortune and his fiancée has disappeared. With only his Colt, a picture of Marie and a mission – leaving him to roam the West until he finds the woman he loves. John Stone came to Dumont in search of his love. Instead, he found himself caught in the middle of a bloody war of revenge when Hank Dawon's son was found dead. Stone falls under suspici...

It's John Stone's first cattle drive, and it won't be an easy ride—especially since he's travelling with a band of vagabonds and desperadoes. But he'd brave anything to get one step closer to the women he loved and lost ...The journey over the Chisholm Trail is even more dangerous than he expected. Menaced by rustlers, a Comanche war party and one man with an insatiable thirst for vengeance, Stone fears his first cattle drive could also be his last ...

Sheriff Buck Rawlins was a hero … years ago. The next-to-last-thing he needed was a man like John Stone stopping a bank robbery single-handed, reminding folks what a real hero looked like. The last thing Rawlins needed was John Stone as his deputy.Now Stone is on the right side of the law, but the wrong side of the sheriff—with Deke Casey's outlaw gang gunning for him, it's a mighty dangerous place to be …Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position...

The enemy wants them dead. Their own side wants them to shape up. They're the Rat Bastards. They steal. Lie. Kill. And they never respect the rules. The stuntman. The Indian. The gangster. The bum. The most awesomely effective fighting team in the history of man-to-man mayhem. And now they're all that stands between the Japs and their plan to retake the bloody Pacific island of Bougainville.