William W. Johnstone

From the USA Today bestselling author, a Western saga of an Iowa farm boy who stumbles into a new life as a frontier legend . . .
In 1848, Dooley Monahan, son of struggling Iowa pioneers, went off to pick up a new milk cow. Young Dooley never came home. Now, nearly three decades later, Dooley Monahan has become an accidental legend, managing to plant a bullet in the chest of a dangerous outlaw. All Dooley really wants is to claim...

"Superb from start to finish. An instant classic. " —New York Times Bestselling Author Marc Cameron
Based on real events and the true history of the legendary King Ranch in South Texas, this riveting historical adventure evokes the reality of life on the Texas frontier, as one pioneering family battles to forge a new life and carve out their own piece of the American West...
It's 1852. The wounds of the Mexican...

"Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn't always an entrepreneur. He's more apt to settle accounts with a fast draw than a checkbook. And when he learns his old friend Preacher has been ambushed by outlaws, he wastes no time saddling up and hitting the vengeance trail with his fellow mountain...

A cold day in hell descends upon Texas when mountain man sharpshooter Smoke Jensen pins on a tin star to tackle a wild bunch of bloodthirsty outlaws.

When a greedy bounty hunter, believing that he can use an old warrant and still get a $10,000 reward for killing Smoke Jensen, kidnaps Smoke's woman, Smoke sets out to rescue her. .