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A family man takes embarks on a dangerous endeavor in this gripping Ralph Compton western. Owen Burnett's needs are small. All he's ever wanted is his wife's affection, his children's health, and a little plot of land which he can farm. Still, he's no fool. So when his neighbor Gareth Kurst makes him a business proposition, one that could leave him richer than he's ever dreamed, he can't refuse giving the risky scheme a try. Rounding up cattle up in the Texas Hill Country is nothing to take on lightly. Between the Comanches roaming the countryside and the horns of the beasts he's hunting down, Owen knows every second he spends out in the wild puts his life in plenty of danger. But the greatest threat to his person is one he never expected-his ruthless and conniving business partner, who has no plans of ever sharing his hard-earned cash....

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Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton -Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore.---Publishers Weekly-Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend.---The Huntsville Times (AL) -If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton.---Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)

<b>Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton</b> Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i><i> Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend. --<i><i>The Huntsville Times</i></i> (AL) If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton. --<i>Quanah Tribune-Chief </i>(TX)

<b>Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton</b> Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore. <i>Publishers Weekly</i><i> Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L Amour and Zane Grey thrilling stories of Western legend. <i><i>The Huntsville Times</i></i> (AL) If you like Louis L Amour, you ll love Ralph Compton. <i>Quanah Tribune-Chief</i>(TX)

Thrilling stories of Western legend. -- The Huntsville Times (AL) The greatest Western writer of them all...Very seldom in literature have the legends of the Old West been so vividly painted. -- The Tombstone Epitaph If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton. -- Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX) Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddlesore. -- Publishers Weekly

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Ralph Comptonstood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel,The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. David Robbinshas been a writer for more than twenty-five years, publishing under a variety of pseudonyms. He is the author ofBadlandersandhas written more than a dozen successful titles in the Ralph Compton series.

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