J.A. Johnstone

New York Times Bestselling Authors USA Today Bestselling Authors The town got its unusual name when a pair of prospectors accidentally dropped a stick of dynamite in the Rockies and unearthed a massive vein of silver. One of the men dropped dead from excitement. The other one named the place "Dead Broke" in honor of his companion and declared himself mayor of a brand-new mining town. Mayor Allane Auchenleck -- better known as Nugget -- put Dead Broke on the map. But when the silver market takes a nosedive, Dead Broke turns into a lawless hotbed of angry out-of-work miners and out-for-blood merchants. For this town to survive, Nugget, will have to put some cool-hand killers in the ground.

Welcome back to Dead Broke, Colorado. Where the latest discovery--a giant boulder of zinc--sparks an all-out frenzy of greed and gunfire that rocks the Rockies to their core. . . . Ever since the silver market crashed, the mining town of Dead Broke has been awfully quiet. The local marshal--legendary gunman Duncan "Mick" MacMicking--doesn't have much to do besides outshoot the occasional greenhorn looking to challenge him. But all this peace and quiet is about to end. After getting trapped in a cave-in, Mayor Nugget unearths a mineral to rival his famous "Hope Diamond of Silver." He calls it the "Liberty Bell of Zinc," a massive boulder of pure zinc carbonate. But when word of his discovery gets out, the quiet little boomtown of Dead Broke goes boom--again--with a vengeance. . . . First, a scheming banker shows up to cash in on Nugget's prize. Then, an outlaw gang arrives to rob the bank and steal the Liberty Bell. After a blood-soaked shootout, Marshal Duncan decides he'd better get that big rock out of town before more people die. Fortunately, the mayor has received an invitation to display his zinc boulder at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Chicago. There's just one problem: getting it there without getting killed. Thanks to all the publicity, every greedy sidewinder in the West knows which train they're taking. And once the shooting starts, this train will be dead on arrival. . . .

Introducing a bold new saga from the bestselling Johnstones. This is the epic story of new arrivals in the Old West--a proud family of dreamers in the untamed wilds of Texas Hill Country . . . They came to America to start a new life. Three brothers and their sister, the Baxter heirs lost everything they had in Europe so they boarded a ship to the Texas coast, hoping to stake a claim in the land of opportunity. They knew frontier life will be hard. But their troubles begin before they even reach Texas. A man is killed on board--a member of the fierce MaClochlainn clan who blame one of the Baxters for his death. So begins a blood-drenched feud that will haunt and pursue them as they try to build a future in Texas Hill Country . . . Now a fugitive on the run, the wrongly accused Perry Baxter changes his name and joins the Texas Rangers--waiting for the day his past catches up to him. His oldest brother, Athelston, struggles to build a ranch in Commanche territory while the middle brother Jeremy turns to gambling and running with outlaws. Their sister, Bodie, falls in love with a rugged frontiersman, who teaches her the importance of riding, hunting--and shooting--in a life-or-death game of survival. Each of the siblings have forged a path of their own. But when one of them is in trouble--and a rival is out for revenge--the Baxters stick together. Because family is family. And blood is thicker than bullets . . .

Now together in one omnibus for the first time, 2 unrelenting, action-packed tales about the greatest gunslinger to ever ride the Wild West. JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. DOUBLE DOWN OR GET OUT OF TOWN. Strike of the Mountain Man In Colorado Territory, Smoke Jensen is trying to live at peace. Then a tinhorn named Puddle enters his valley--and unleashes a hellstorm of a range war. The Mountain Man's former neighbor, Humbolt Puddle, left his crumbling six-hundred-acre ranch to his only living heir, just as a greedy and ruthless cattle baron is circling the Humbolt ranch like a ravenous vulture. Poor, unsuspecting Puddle is walking into a death trap. But he's got the Mountain Man on his side . . . Butchery of the Mountain Man In Montana Territory, one name strikes fear and hatred in the hearts of the Crow Indians--John Jackson, better known as Liver-Eating Jackson. Consumed by grief and rage, the mountain man has brutally killed ten braves so far in his one-man war of vengeance against the Crow, who murdered his beloved wife. Smoke Jensen knows Jackson by another name--"friend." He's not sure to what extent the stories of Jackson's exploits are true, but he rushes to his old friend's aid--despite terrible odds.