Jory Sherman

Driven equally by his duty to his nation's leader and by his need to avenge his father's murder, Zak Cody is on the trail of the gold-hungry killer who made him an orphan. But while he's taking down his adversary's hired guns every step of the way, their leader, Ben Trask, continues to elude him. And Trask is brewing up a poisonous stew of betrayal, death, and lies with the help of someone at Fort Bowie � a plan that will bring about the slaughter of a proud but volatile native people. Cody must battle time, bullets, and savage nature to reach the one man who might help him prevent a massacre � the warrior named Cochise.

From Spur Award-winning author Jory Sherman comes the first two novels in his acclaimed Shadow Rider series—now in one volumeBLOOD SKY AT MORNINGRetired colonel Zak Cody has been appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant to the role of enforcer in America’s untamed regions. Now “the Shadow Rider” patrols the west, assuring that wrongs are righted by any means necessary. When the Apaches come under siege for murders they didn’t commit, Cody’s mission is to find the truth—and to kill those who started this bloody chaos…even if it means laying down his own life.APACHE SUNDOWNZak Cody is on the trail of the gold-seeking killer who made him an orphan. But while he’s taking down his adversary’s hired guns, their leader, Ben Trask, continues to elude him as he brews a poisonous stew of betrayal, death, and lies in a plan that will bring about the slaughter of a proud, native people. Now Cody must battle numerous obstacles to reach the one man who might help him prevent a massacre—the warrior named Cochise.“Sherman knows how to make a western gallop.”—Publishers Weekly

A half-Indian loner appointed by President Grant to bring justice in the midst of the chaos of the American West, Zak Cody, the Shadow Rider, is caught in the middle of a potential bloodbath when the Apache are accused of a series of murders that they did not commit. Original.