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Jonas has never quite been a stickler for the rules, and his devil-may-care attitude and hustler lifestyle has led him through more towns and lonely plains than he can count. But when a grave misunderstanding leads to him becoming a wanted man, he and his band of misfit outlaws must disappear into the wide world until they can prove that they weren’t involved in the misdeeds they are accused of - on this count, at least.

The proud tradition of Ralph Compton’s epic Westerns carries on with the scintillating work of best seller Joseph A. West. Blood on the Gallows features John McBride, a former New York City lawman who’s moved west to pursue a more peaceful existence. But easy living just isn’t in the cards. And when a town sheriff with a Texas-size chip on his shoulder decides to make trouble, McBride knows that one way or another, somebody’s headed for an early grave.

USA Today best-selling author Joseph A. West writes in a style befitting the literary legacy of legendary Western author Ralph Compton. In Stryker’s Revenge, Lieutenant Steve Stryker is bound and determined to settle an old score with Rake Pierce, who left him a scarred and broken man. Now Rake is running guns to the Apaches, and Stryker sees an opportunity for payback that he just can’t pass up.

At first glance, you might think Tommy is just a regular teenage boy, but he has endured way more than many other teenage boys. He has lived with an alcoholic and a physically abusive father. He has lived with a drug-addicted, mentally abusive mother. He has been mistreated his whole life--not just by his parents, but also by many of the kids his age. All of the things he has had to deal with have turned him into a psychotic serial killer.

With a mysterious and fearful man by the name of Darko hounding him and his band of rogues as they flee from the law, Jonas must always keep a step ahead and anticipate his ever-increasing pursuers’ moves. However, although luck has been on his side s,o far, will it stay that way? And will he manage to keep his group together or will each of them fall by the wayside when things take a turn for the worse?

At 50, cattle driver Sam Sawyer thinks he can finally dust off and retire, maybe open an eating house. But after a pack of Apache ambushes him and leaves him to die in Gila River country, he barely makes it to a remote ranch. The owner, Hanna Stewart, has worked the desert spread with her young daughter ever since her husband went for a ride and never returned.

Rancher Cage Clayton has been hired to track down a man who years ago left a destructive path in his wake. Though he doesn't know what Lissome Terry looks like, Clayton knows his target is in Bighorn Point, so finding him shouldn't be too hard. But when the town Marshall only gives Clayton a week to find his man, catching him will be anything but easy...

Reporter Lester Booker joins legendary gunfighter Rance March on the trail of a dangerous outlaw to learn how the West was really won.

Charlie Pike is fulfilling Judge Henry Dryden's dying wish by escorting him to Texas. But an outlaw out for revenge is on their trail, determined that they will never reach their destination....

The legacy of legendary Western author Ralph Compton can be heard in the explosive tales penned by Joseph A. West. A ruthless murderer known as the Fat Man is terrorizing Green Meadow, Oklahoma, which sits over a massive store of black gold. The Fat Man will kill anyone who stands in his way. But gambler Chauncey Drake and Pinkerton agent Reuben Withers aren’t the kind to back down easy, and the stars are aligning for a showdown of epic proportions.

With works that embody the soaring spirit and gritty allure of the famed Ralph Compton novels, Joseph A. West captures the full flavor of the West with his hard-hitting tales. John Tone is a ruthless bounty hunter willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Once he’s set his sights on someone, that fugitive’s as good as caught. But when he encounters a cunning criminal from the Barbary Coast, the tables are turned.