In the original old West, cattlemen drove herds over the vast palmetto prairie, all the way to Punta Rassa. When a teenage boy joins cracker cow punchers, and the neighbor woman he hopes to marry goes to work in an infamous crossroads establishment, the cruel facts of frontier life confront them. Through swamp, miasma, bandits, storms, heat, fever, and tragic death, the boy prevails, but can he reach his girl before it's too late?In an afterword essay, 7th generation real life Flor...

Parno McLeod has managed to stave off disaster for now, but his kingdom is still besieged by the Imperial forces of the Norland Empire.Assuming command of the entire Soulan military in place of his deposed brother, Therron, Parno must turn Soulan's fortunes around before his home is completely overrun and his people destroyed or enslaved. His ailing father has placed a great burden on his youngest son, because he simply doesn't have anyone else that can do the thin...

The world died long ago.The world died long ago, leaving only a few here and there to rebuild. Their world had once been grand and magnificent, but too much was lost in the years after the time known as the Dying. Knowledge that had been gained over centuries disappeared from the world, lost when those who carried that knowledge died with it.The population has grown again over the last centuries, but the world has not regained its lost knowledge or former g...