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In the 1850s, a street kid in Chicago grows up stealing to survive and finds himself the protector of the other kids he runs with. When circumstances force him into the army, just as the Civil War is starting, he is forced to grow up fast. The war is good for him, as he learns to fight and to have a new appreciation of the law.

In this touching and often humorous memoir, machinist, journalist, corporate writer, public relations hack, and author Steven E. Wedel talks about how he became a high school teacher and what those 12 years in public education meant to him. From beginning his teaching career as a 40-year-old long-haired guy with an alternative certification to teaching Advanced Placement, Wedel tells it all, including how he decorated his room as a heavy metal horror show to battles with principals, lesson plans that worked, or didn't, and going viral with his "Open Letter to Parents and Lawmakers".

Jake Timber is a tortured man, repaying his debt to society for avenging the brutal murders of his wife and daughter. In his work as a special agent, tasked with ridding the territory of criminals, he takes no prisoners and gives no mercy. His job is to hunt down wanted men, asking no questions before delivering his own brand of justice through the barrel of a gun. While traveling through the territory, Timber finds himself in the middle of a turf war in the town of Heaven Brook, where he helps bring an end to the tyranny of two powerful men.

What is a hero? Do you have what it takes to be a hero? Find out.

How far would you go to save a child in need? Jadyn is a promising inner-city student. But his community is terrorized by gangs and a series of grisly unsolved murders. When the boy stops coming to school. his teacher, Annelise, determines to find out why. Now she is trapped on the wrong side of town, and something evil is stalking her.

The plan was for brothers Travis and Hale to move west and start a ranch. It was a good plan, and the two brothers had made a good choice of land on which to build their future. But the future turned to mud before Travis’ eyes when the very first night his family arrived, they were attacked by two just-released convicts....

Gambling is a way of life and death. Cody Walker, fresh from a cattle drive and seeking to increase his grubstake so he can purchase a ranch of his own back home, sits in on a game in Tenderfoot, Texas. He lost badly, and with the loss of his money went his dreams of a ranch of his own. With the last of his money on the table, Cody caught the man winning most of the hands dealing from the bottom of the deck. The dealer drew his gun first, but missed Cody. Cody, though slow on the draw, was sharp on his aim and killed the man. Now, Cody is on the run.

Something magical happened in the summer of 1978. Thirteen-year-old Robert Prince fell in love with Alia, a mysterious older woman who lived down the street. Something horrible and deadly happened between Robert, Alia, and his friends Scott and Tim. Something that would leave Robert scarred for the rest of his life. Unable to forgive himself or to love anyone else after what happened when he was 13, Robert sinks into a world of masochism and despair, seeking redemption for the sins of his past.

Ramsay Quarles is already a wanted man when he guns down a cheating gambler in a small Kansas town. Now the dead man's nephew, Jack, has decided Ramsay is his new guardian and guide to the western frontier.

From Robert Hanlon, the best-selling author of Texas Bounty Hunter comes a new Western... The Avenging Angel. Revenge and ruthlessness come hand-in-hand for a young gunfighter who lost a brother to someone she believes is an outright killer. Filled to the brim with action, adventure, plot twists, and gunsight justice - this avenging angel is not to be crossed. This is a book filled with the dead, the dying, and those who don't get in her way - because those who do cross this avenging angel's gun end up dead. Real dead.

Knights of times past, knights of the forgotten code, a magical time of kings and queens that reigned supreme. Men of pure hearts honor discipline, self-sacrifice, courage, integrity, and loyalty. Above all, he honors the true everlasting love of his woman.

Exciting new Western drama filled with action, adventure, and a lot of dead criminals! Are you ready for Taylorville Showdown? Two brothers wandering from town to town, homeless with a troubled past. Finally, they both find peace of mind when they meet up with a widowed rancher and his daughter...but a hard won peace comes at a deadly cost....

The bank robbery was planned down to the smallest detail. The delivery from the mint in Denver was to deliver a million dollars just an hour before they would make their move. The US Marshal's service, though, had other plans.

Carter Glenn is a young man in his late twenties who has returned home to seek revenge for a crime committed against him 20 years ago. As an eight-year-old boy, he was nearly beaten to death by a gang of teenage boys because they were bored and he was easy prey. Convinced he is on a mission from God, Carter sets out to excise his demons by killing the members of the gang and the old woman who could have saved him but instead chose to deliver him to hell.

They dressed as beasts, draping fur over their chainmail clad bodies, while wearing iron helmets with animal heads attached over the top. They used huge broad swords or large heavy clubs to subdue their victims, often slaughtering whole villages for a few gold coins. Their arsenal of weapons included swords, spears, axes, clubs, bows and arrows, and fire.They were the scourge of the coastal inhabitants of Europe. They were Norsemen, they were the Vikings.

Fresh from West Point, Lieutenant Holcome is expecting a nice cushy job serving in the back water of the army as a quartermaster. His father, a congressman, has different plans for his son and has a high-ranking general send him off to the Wyoming Territory, where there is an Indian uprising underway. Lieutenant Holcome is forced to grow up fast as he is assigned to quartermaster the relief column taking desperately needed supplies to Fort Steele, located in the heart of the uprising.

An exciting new Western in the style of AH Holt, Alex Cord, and Bruce G. Bennett filled with action, adventure, and plot twists such as GP Hutchinson, Robert Vaughan, and CM Curtis! This is a book that is filled with the bodies of dead bad guys!