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He was a greenhorn but didn’t know it.

When Bruce Cowan takes his family and flees Boston to homestead out west, he figured the journey to California to be long but safe. Their first day out reveals how wrong he is and the perilous dangers of the Santa Fe Trail.

It would have been a massacre but for Trent and Pat MacLeod.

Trent favors a Sharps .50 caliber buffalo rifle, while his younger brother Pat packs two Texas Navy Colts. They both prove deadly and a force to be reckoned with.

The Cowans and the McLeod brothers’ forge a bond those first few days, sustained in part by Trent’s attraction to the eighteen-year-old Becky Cowan. His overtures are not returned.

The brothers join the Cowans on their hazardous journey west as they face harsh conditions, bandits and Indian attacks. Will their oxen survive the trip? Will the man Bruce Cowan is fleeing catch up with them? Should they take the Cimarron Cutoff through the desert or stick with the Santa Fe Trail through the mountains?

Even with the help of Trent and Pat, the Cowans are forced to learn quickly to survive the rigorous demands of the Wild West.

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Books in this set include:

1. Marshal Wallace McKenney (coauthored by bestselling author Orris Slade)
2. Rooster’s Revenge
3. Standing Strong

Read what others have said about this series:

• McKenney is an easy going Marshal, who's assortment of deputies have all the capabilities needed to help him track the bloodthirsty band of civil war leftovers terrorizing the Leavenworth area. 
• Very well written, lots of detail and great read.
• No cursing, which is a big plus for me.
• Read all the books in order to really enjoy. Storyline continues to grow and develop. Characters are realistic and get better and better.
• Enjoyed this book. Great plot and excellent writing. 
• It had a touch of just about everything....humor, high regard for family and friends, even a touch of romance. Easy reading.
• Action, action and more action.

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Eight Classic Western novels from 3 best-selling authors. Hard-hitting Western Justice at its finest! The outlaws haven’t got a chance stacked up against this line up of lawmen.

From Orris Slade:

Billy’s Back

Jaded Springs

Gunned Down in Winslow

From: Willian Tresler

Taming El Paso

Deputy Sheriff Fergus Murphy

Justice Preserved

From Russell J. Atwater

Western Justice Served

Gun for Hire

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• A western story filled with family values, action and a little romance.
• Did not know how this one would go, but very pleasantly surprised. Entertaining with action, good characters, and well written. JC
• Great book to read. Story a little different but keeps you interested to the end. Really enjoyed this story. Thank you. BA

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After Fort Dodge, wagon master Bruce Cowan had hoped the journey on to Wagon Mound would get easier. That lasted but a few days.

It horrified the settlers when they came across the burning remains of a smaller wagon train. Not one survivor. Bandits attacked this time, not Indians.

Every day brings a fresh crisis. Trent and Pat, the McLeod brothers, with their gun fighting skills, provide Bruce and the wagon train protection and much needed guidance. Sometime even that isn’t enough when they face mother nature at her most destructive.

The savage Comanches are on the warpath. The Arapahos are also on a killing spree since the massacre of Sand Creek. Trent and Pat do their best to avoid these threats if possible. When attacked, many times by surprise, there are deadly consequences.

Throughout it all, Trent tries his best to get closer to Becky Cowan. Just when he thinks things are going well, something else comes up to drive a wedge between them again. He persists.

The settlers must remain on guard at all times as obstacles confront them daily. Will the Cowans reach Wagon Mound or perish in the desert as others have before them? Should they continue their perilous journey west or leave the trail and set up their homestead?

It’s here! The exciting conclusion of The Cowan Family Saga!

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The Cowans have arrived in Texas to homestead. After their dangerous trek west, they want to settle, free from worry and danger. With the help of his son, Wes, the McLeod brothers, and Pony Boy, Bruce is ready to raise his cabin.

Unfortunately for them, their troubles have just begun!

They discover that Cord McGregor, the cattle baron they had a run in with on the Santa Fe Trail, has a spread nearby. To make matters worse, the cattle ranchers are in a range war against homesteaders and sheepherders.

McGregor and the other ranchers aren’t their only problem. There’s a tribe of hostile Apaches nearby and the Owens gang to the north.

Caught between three different enemies, Bruce raises his log cabin, hoping his family can live in peace. It’s not to be.

Amid the growing issues that threaten the lives of the settlers, Trent waits for the perfect time to ask Becky to marry him.

Forced once again to defend themselves, the McLeod brothers face their deadliest foes yet. They can’t move on this time. The stakes are high. Life or death. They must protect their lives and their homestead, or die. Will they ever live in peace?

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Russell J. Atwater, bestselling author of “The Cowan Family Saga” series, delivers another classic western adventure of good versus evil.

Buril Templeton, an 18-year-old working on his parent's ranch, is devastated the day an outlaw guns down his pa.

Bound and determined to make a stand for law and order, Buril accepts a job as deputy sheriff of Dust Bridge, Wyoming. He vows to one day confront his father’s killer.

His most precious keepsake is his pa’s old trusty LeMat revolver, nicknamed Justice. Where most guns only carried six cartridges, Justice carried nine. Life and death is the difference in a land where every shot counts.

Buril’s patience is rewarded when the outlaws turn up again months later. He sets out with the sheriff to track Freddy Huggins, the low down no good skunk who murdered his father in cold blood the year before. Freddy is slippery and conniving though, and proves a match to Buril’s dogged determination.

Will justice prevail in this classic old west tale? When you live by the gun, odds are better than even you’ll die by the gun.

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Honor, courage and a profound sense of right and wrong!

These are the character traits Marshal Wallace McKenney lives by. His reputation is known far and wide in Kansas and neighboring states. Those on the other side of the law usually give him and his pearl-handled colt a wide berth. Those that don’t; well they pay the price.

Several deadly raids on settlers and wagon trains prompt Marshal McKenney to deputize three men he trusts with his life; Bull, a man shaped like a barrel, his cousin Matt and his younger womanizing brother, Alex.

The marshal and his men set out to hunt down the murderous raiders, be they Indians or outlaws. However, they find themselves outsmarted as the raiders keep killing without a trace. A local Indian with remarkable tracking skills, Kiowa Joe, is asked to solve the mystery of the vanishing tracks.  

Tensions mount and bullets fly when the posse comes face to face with the killers. Will the marshal keep his sense of justice and honor when confronted with such savage brutality?

Ride along with Marshal McKenney, Alex, Matt, Bull, and Kiowa Joe as they face dangers from all sides to restore peace to the Leavenworth area.

Another page turning classic western you’ll enjoy right to the very end.

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Henry Canter and his ruthless gang are on their way.

For ten long years Henry Canter has had retribution on his mind. He’s thought of nothing else but killing the man who sent him to jail. It matters not when he finds out his quarry is already dead. The curly wolf instead turns his sights on the McKenney’s, especially the matron of the family, Miss Donna.

Faced with a series of brutal assaults from unknown men, Marshal McKenney is hard pressed to stick to the letter of the law. He forces himself to keep his emotions in check while he searches for the attackers.

His deputies, Alex, Bull, Matt and Joe help the marshal in his search. Marshal McKenney fears no man, but this is personal. This is family!

Everyone has orders to stand strong! This nightmare will end, and justice will prevail. These outlaws will be held to account, and blood will be shed!

Missouri—1853

The vile and scheming Slater Brothers are fresh out of prison and headed to the quaint port town of Weston, Missouri.

Reformed? You be the judge.

The brothers are picking up where they left off and planning their biggest score yet.  They will rob the luxurious steamboat Independence on the Fourth of July.

When bounty hunter William “One Chance” Walcott gets wind of their scheme, he sets out to see that justice prevails.

A sprawling adventure spanning the Missourian frontier, Western Justice Served is an exciting tale of one man’s heroic mission to put evil behind bars.

What will it take for the town of Weston to see law and order restored? Will the Slater Brothers pull off their daring heist and disappear into the wilderness forever? Has One Chance Walcott finally met his match?

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      “Rooster Freeman is one of the meanest, despicable low down polecats in the area”, said the sodbuster. He runs the largest spread in the state and he’s behind the beatings I’ve had. He hates Kiowas; they killed his wife and son. He also has the local sheriff in his back pocket.

      A powerful man with a grudge, accustomed to getting what he wants.

      When Marshal McKenney hears the devastating news that one of his deputies is wanted for horse rustling in Platte City, he has his doubts.

      If the Sheriff of Platte City obtains a warrant for Bull Hamilton, he will be forced to arrest his own deputy. Witnesses have come forward.

      They brainstorm to discover who is attempting to frame Bull and the name Rooster Freeman tops the list. Seems Bull killed his brother in a fair gunfight in the Riverboat Saloon, some 3 years before.

      Ride along with Marshal McKenney and Alex as they scramble to clear Bull of these false accusations.

Are Marshal or Alex fast enough to take on Rooster’s gunslinger? Will the judge issue a warrant for Bull? Will Bull hang for something he didn’t do? Hold on to the saddle horn as it is going to be a wild ride.