Ralph Compton
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"Drill or be drilled. The streets of Green Meadow, Oklahoma, are flowing red with blood. At the scene of every grisly murder is a threatening message: Get out! A mysterious villian known as the Fat Man wants the black gold hidden beneath the town, and he's willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it."--P. [4] of cover.
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Bluff City is a prosperous silver-mining town--and a place of opportunity for those willing to exploit its hard-working citizens. Harve Barker is the wealthiest man in the territory, offering irresistible vices to anyone willing and able to afford them. Outlaw Jesse Stark has grown fond of the town's surrounding mining camps, leading a gang of desperadoes on a violent spree of robberies--and staying one step ahead of the law at all times. Between...
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Some think Felix Dagstaff is crazy for signing on to drive cattle from his ranch near Quitaque, Texas, to Cheyenne more than a thousand miles away. Even if the passage through the Palo Duro Canyon were flat, most men wouldn't want any amount of money to take on such a job. Dag will have to drive his cattle through blinding storms and across swollen rivers. Besides setbacks caused by Mother Nature, he'll have to deal with the treachery of his own crew....
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"Before hearing the call of the Lord, Paul had seen more than his share of sin, mostly his own. But since he came to minister to the small town of Pueblito Verde, most of what he sees are tamer transgressions. Knowing his own past, Paul believes the occasional mistake doesn't make someone truly evil. But some men are more evil than others. When the brutal Jack Kerrigan and his band of ruffians hit town, Paul's new life starts to go bad. Then things...
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Since losing his wife and daughter, Samuel Tucker has wandered, drunk and bereft of a reason to go on. In Oregon's Rogue River region, Tucker watches as two men gun down a third. After they leave, he takes the dead man's pistol and makes it to the next town. There he learns that Payton Farraday, a well-liked local rancher, was the second Farraday shot to death within the past two years-- and becomes a suspect in the shooting. Emma Farraday, the victim's...
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Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the ranch for himself. If he has his way, Dane's herd will never make it across the Omaha Trail -- and Dane won't make it home alive.
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Their friendship started with a schoolyard tussle. Now, the need for revenge is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he'd turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather's dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends who are barely out of boyhood will...
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At the EJ Ranch the Bryce brothers have found good, honest work. A widow with two young children has a herd of cattle that needs grazing. But the widow and her property are coveted by a cattle baron. As the Bryce brothers find themselves in the crosshairs of a looming range, a trio of mericless bounty hunters arrives to collect the prices on their heads.
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"Jasper Duncan's stagecoach is the fastest one in California; at least that's what he tells folks looking for a ride between the Stanislaus mines and Sonora. But he needs a windfall of cash to stay in business, and he needs to stay in business to continue his hunt for the outlaw Alec Casey, who murdered Jasper's father. He's learned Casey has a base of operations in the Stanislaus woods and he's determined to find it. An unexpected solution presents...
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"Jerome Frederick Kincannon is a medicine man--an apothecary by trade and a healer at heart. But when his wife and young son are murdered by the notorious Benjamin Gang, his world crumbles around him. Kincannon can't forgive the four Benjamin brothers for their transgressions, and he'll never forget. His ambitions from that day forward are simple: kill them all. For a year, Kincannon has searched high and low for Hank, Leland, Curtis, and the unidentified...
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"After years as a professional gambler-and a deadly shootout on a riverboat casino-Tom Calvert and his young protege, Asher Smith, have survived an arduous journey across the frontier to Friendly Field, Idaho. The bucolic Quaker community welcomes them with open arms, and soon Tom is courting a widow and learning, to his surprise, to enjoy the quiet life. Then an elder of Friendly Field is found murdered, and the townsfolk start whispering about the...
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In Omaha, Tom Calvert boards a riverboat to play high-stakes poker, but accusations of cheating cause some serious trouble, and a deadly gun battle ensues. Tom is injured and knows that his enemies will be looking for him, so he reluctantly accepts a bargain from young stowaway Asher. In exchange for Calvert teaching him gunslinging skills, Asher will guide them to a possibly mythical town of peace and plenty called Friendly Field. To get there, they...
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Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his secrets, he teaches the man a lesson. It turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, who drafts Charlie instead. Snow and the threat of Indian attack make the trek north treacherous; the ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit make it worse. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for...
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Solomon Brakefield has been wronged one too many times after doing the right thing. He's so fed up with leading a noble life that he seeks out legendary killer and train robber Nestor Quarles to learn the ways of the outlaw. Nestor is willing to oblige, but the price may be more than Solomon cares to pay.