"Thirty years have passed since Andre Pelletier's final parting from his brother at the Horse Creek rendezvous. He has achieved prominence in his adopted Apsaalooke village as White Grizzly, war chief, and a member of the council. War hangs over the region with the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations joining the Lakota to fight the onslaught of white settlers, and the hated bluecoat soldiers over the treaty-breaking Bozeman Road. The Apsaalooke were content...

"A once-in-a-decade killer winter is shaping up for Wyoming and Colorado. On its frigid winds rides sub-zero temperatures and snow that could well wipe out Jean and Ian's new cattle herds before they get established. While checking his cattle ahead of the first snow storm, Jean finds two of the new yearlings killed and partially eaten by a grizzly. Setting off alone to hunt down the bear before it can kill more of the cattle, Jean tracks it deep into...

"Carpetbagger Justin Hornsworth had grown to wealth exploiting the spoils of the post-civil war South. He had also grown over-confident and arrogant in his criminal successes. Following the scent of gold and silver, he made his way west fully self-assured of his attaining further wealth. Getting off the stage in Fort Collins, Hornsworth learns of the Pelletier family who owns the most valuable piece of property on the Cache la Poudre River. Setting...

"When news reaches the Canyon of the missing younger Pelletier brothers, Etienne and Benoit, several of their big brothers decide to ride for Denver to investigate and to 'deal with it'. Working with Marshal Nathan Stuart and the Denver Police Chief, they uncover a criminal underworld run by the 'Frenchmen,' corrupt police, and a web of lies and deception far exceeding the 'family matter' they originally thought. In a letter from Army Headquarters...

"An unexpected reunion between Jean and Andre with their brother Basille, opens the door to plans for reuniting seven of the Pelletier brothers after a forty-year separation. In Fort Collins, the political unrest continues with the creation of a City Council. The Council, seven new residents headed by Percy Foster, is determined to oppose the County Commissioners, and dominate the original settlers as they seek to restructure the city to their eastern...

Book 2 in prequel to Ten Men of Courage trilogy. Ben Hawkins, swindler and murderer, lived to profit at the expense of others. Texas cattleman Arthur Nichols was a man everyone trusted. Their partnership in the Red River Ranch brought Arthur’s death, and the culmination of Ben’s plan to take all Arthur had. The only hitch to Ben’s complete success was Arthur’s son Kip, and his own son Leroy (Ace), who were determined to stop him. Martín...

Book 1 in prequel to Ten Men of Courage trilogy. Prequel to the Ten Men of Courage trilogy A man of valor is created in the fiery forges of adversity. War, poverty, injustice, and tests of moral courage heat him like a bar of iron, then pound him out on life’s anvil. As with iron, the hammer’s blows reveal weakness or strength; the iron either breaks apart and is worthless, or shapes into something stronger for the fire. Why would ten men from...

Ben Hawkins and Gaspar Cruz join forces to overthrow the Loyola Hacienda. As their plans take shape, Ben learns of the Jumanes Valley, the gold mines, and of Ace’s and Kip’s possession of them. Determined to kill Ace and Kip and have the valley, Ben weaves an intricate scheme for wealth and revenge. As the men are moving Nacio’s cattle from the valley to the hacienda, Cruz and Hawkins take advantage of Nacio’s absence and strike the hacienda...

The destruction of Matt Travers’ criminal empire, and the freeing of his captives, reverberated up and down the Rio Pecos. The poverty stricken Mexican villagers, who lived in fear of capture and sale to the slavers, were spreading the word about the ‘Ten Men of Courage’ who were fighting and overcoming this evil. This word spread into Mexico, to the empire of Vidal Castillo, a maniacal and sadistic tyrant. There three of Vidal Castillo’s...