Dan Cushman

Three of them blow into the Wyoming town of Maverly that afternoon: Big Bill Spooner, Jose Murphy, and their leader Johnny Colt. Tired of being saddle tramps, they're looking to write off their debts and make a stake in the cattle business. So when Johnny pays a visit to a man who owes him money, and is instead made fifty-one-percent owner of a herd of nine hundred cattle, he and his pards agree to drive them to Deadwood and collect some cool thousands. But how far will they get through the worst stretch of Indian country in the West before they're scalped and their beef is stripped for jerky? When they join up with tougher-than-a-grizzly Clay Mixler's cattle drive for protection, they realize they've got more than Indians to worry about, including double-cross and bullets with their names on them...

THE PECOS KID...AND COMANCHE JOHN This trio of classic short novels by Spur Award-winning author Dan Cushman opens with the final adventure of Cushman's most famous character, the Pecos Kid. "Buckaroos of the Big Die" finds Pecos and his partners once again up against cattle and mining baron Jawn Ridley, who's trying to drive struggling homesteaders out of Montana Territory. The other two novellas feature Comanche John, another of Cushman's recurring characters. "The Conestoga Pirate" introduces the heroic road agent who usually ends up defending those threatened by larger thieves than he is. Neither Pecos nor Comanche John will be soon forgotten by readers who appreciate fine Western adventure

THE WRONG REPUTATION The ballads paint Comanche John as a ruthless highwayman, and those familiar with the ways of the West avoid crossing his path. After all, it's true he's robbed stages, trains, and banks across the plains. But when there's a tough job at hand, he's the man to do it. Now the job is to guide a wagon train of farmers safely to Idaho. But the plan begins to unravel when the wagon master is shot. Immediately, the wagoners' suspicion flies to Comanche John. After all, he is "the fastest gun thar be." But will he be fast enough to escape the noose and catch the real killer?