In twenty-four fifty-three Kalen MacKenna, son of Russell and Alannah MacKenna, and great grandson of Shawn MacKenna is convicted of the brutal murders his wife and father. After his conviction, in a surprise move, the judge orders Kalen placed in cold-stasis instead of imposing the death penalty.

Nathaniel King left NYC in 1828 to venture into the vast unexplored regions beyond Mississippi. He heads west, lured on by dreams of wealth based on his uncle's promise to share with him "the greatest treasure in the world".

Candace enters the Badlands on a scientific expedition. Young, beautiful and in love with knowledge, she is there to study early man and prehistoric fossils. But what begins with the purest of motives will end in a nightmare of violence and lust.

Aristotle Schrimshaw plans a midnight stagecoach run through a bandit-infested wilderness. He, himself calls it a fool's coach but is willing to risk it and will take others if they dare!

New Mexico Undersheriff Bill Gastner is presented with a case that appears to have brought big time crime, including drug gangs, into Posadas County.

From the moment Abner Dent spotted Eve in a Maiden dance hall, he knew he wanted her for his wife. He promised her everything and kept his word. But suddenly--so it seemed to Abner--everything was falling into ruin. When it seemed as if nothing worse coul

While there were some initial suspicions about Sam Stop's background, people came to respect and then trust the reclusive founder of Pony, Montana's local bank.

During the 1886 Montana drought Harvard educated John Quincy Putnam had Federal Law on his side, and desperate angry neighbors surrounding him.

Meagher County, Montana, is Hereford country. All the ranchers are raising Angus or Hereford cattle--all except Sam Hook. He is the only holdout, continuing to herd longhorns as he has for years.

In 1806 Frederick and Katherine Stockman land their family in a forlorn swamp at the mouth of the Trinity River of Spanish Texas. They try to start a new life surrounded by menacing wildlife, debilitating maladies, hostile people and a growing threat of war. As "Texicans" they are accepted neither by their Spanish overlords or those in favor of independence. Aligning with Miguel Gonzales, a young Royalist deserter, the Stockman's help liberate Mexico and Texas from Spanish rule. Honored as...

In Our American West, Volume 1, discover humor, tragedy and courage in every one of these delightful stories. Gary McCarthy has been writing about the American West for thirty years and these are some of his favorite topics written not for the expert or scholar but for all the armchair admirers of thing historically written. Some of these exciting subjects are fairly well known such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but even here you will discover things about these daring outlaws tha...

The cavalry escorting the pay wagon coming to Fort Clark was overdue. Tye Watkins, Chief of Scouts at the fort, was dispatched to find them. 'An easy assignment,' he figured. What he didn't know was that the problem was a bit more difficult than a broken down transport. What he would find once he located the escort would make the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Along this arid and dangerous territory along the Texas-Mexico border, anything can happen if you let your guard down....