TIME IS RUNNING OUT Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry about—especially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, he’s settled where he is and resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter c...

Deputy U.S. Marshal Matt Battles has to discover why Hatfield J. Warful is gathering every notorious gunslinger in the West at his home in Slaughter Canyon. And if his mission fails, it could result in a second Civil War.

Wes Stone was once a lawman, but that was before the ruthless Sandlin Gang gunned down his father-Nathan Stone, the Gunfighter. Now, having traded in his badge for his father's guns, he's sworn blood vengeance on every last member of ...

An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune /BBdriving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier./BBRBRThey left Missouri and were headed to Santa Fe. Standing in their way was a parched desert, a land of o...

One year after their sister rode off to avenge their father's death, Tim and Jed Strange are on the brink of losing the family farm. They head west hoping to find their sister, but find trouble instead. Accused of a murder they did...

For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. But old enemies were the deadliest of all.BRBRThe only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five millionBRmaverick longhorns and the brains, b...

divThe year was 1853. For handful of cowboys turned California Gold Rushers, it was time to go home. Then Lonnie Kilgore and his fellow Texans met Western legend and former mountain man Jim Bridger, who told them of a lush range wait...

Seeking vengeance on the rebel renegades who murdered his family, Civil War veteran Nathan Stone sets out on an odyssey that will take him throughout the United States and across the paths of the West's most famous--and infamous--char...

The only riches Texans has left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to lif...

Years ago Marshal Asher Thrall shot mad-dog killer Ben Sharkey. And heÂ's just repaid the favor in spades. With a bullet still in his chest, Ash knows heÂ's a walking dead man. But heÂ's going to make sure Sharkey takes his last st...

DEAD MAN WALKING Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about being quiet. Unfortunately, it turns out the ...

SUNDOWN RIDERS  They are four hired guns who haul freight for a price into the treacherous, untamed wilderness. Having already risked their lives for the Confederacy, now they’re fighting for themselves—and for a stake in the futu...

GOD HELP HIM… 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 ...

"Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddlesore."—Publishers WeeklyBLOOD TIESThe life of a cowboy suits Thalis Christie just fine. A puncher for the Crescent H in Texas, he loves what he do...

Brian Middleton left his father's ranch long ago to make his own way. But now, he's returned to claim the land his late father left him -- and learns the hard way that if you want to keep something in the wild West, you have to fight ...

Ride the long path of vengeance in this thrilling double installment of bestselling Western author Ralph Compton’s Rough Justice series. DEATH RIDES A CHESTNUT MARE by Ralph Compton: Waylaid by a pack of murdering outlaws...

ONE-MAN STAND  At fifty, cattle driver Sam Sawyer thinks he can finally dust off and retire, maybe open an eating house. But after a pack of Apache ambushes him and leaves him to die in Gila River country, he barely makes it to a rem...

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 hi...

CHANGING WAYS Eli had always led the life of an outlaw. Cutting corners and breaking the law, he knows how to get away with pretty much anything—until he's caught red handed attempting to rob a wagon set out as a trap. Imprisoned an...

There's trouble on the trail drive in this USA Today bestselling series...Chancy Gantry and Ollie Teal are honest cowpunchers, riding herd on fifteen hundred longhorns from Texas to Kansas. Their trail boss, Lucas Stout, is tough but ...

A ruthless rancher crosses the wrong man in the USA Today bestselling series...Haunted by memories of the Civil War, Coy Jennings just wants to find work as a ranch hand and to begin saving for a small farm where he could finally enjo...

SHOTGUN CHARLIE (prequel to THE HUNTED!)Big for his age, young and impressionable drifter Charlie Chilton is taken in by the gruff leader of a gang of small-time crooks and ne'er do wells who sees something of himself in kindly, waywa...

DEADLY DRIVEOwen 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 ...

Doc Blaine needs to drive 3,000 head of cattle from Texas to Kansas, and needs his sons Jared and Miles to help. Unfortunately, his sons are in love with the same woman-and have vowed to kill each other on sight...

A plague of killings has descended on Green Meadow, Oklahoma. A villain called the Fat Man wants the town-and the black gold beneath it-and he's willing to wipe out every man, woman, and child to get it. Only two underdogs stand in hi...

OLD FRIENDS Chip Chippendale met Ransom Barnes after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. But when Chip first laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on...

The only folk left behind in Apache Creek are ghosts, including Marshall Sam Pace. Three years of solitude have turned Sam into a phantom, but when a woman on the run stumbles into town, the former lawman must protect her and make use...

Reporter Lester Booker joins legendary gunfighter Rance March on the trail of a dangerous outlaw to learn how the West was really won.

The USA Today bestselling Ralph Compton series continues...When a bunch of ruffians rob a bank in the sleepy town of Alpine, it's only natural for the locals to be alarmed. But this gang and its leader, Cestus Calloway, are not commo...

Rancher Cage Clayton has been hired to track down a man who years ago left a destructive path in his wake. Though he doesn't know what Lissome Terry looks like, Clayton knows his target is in Bighorn Point, so finding him shouldn't be...