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Cowboy Hewey Calloway loves to ride the open range like a solitary sailor on an endless sea. So when barbed…
wire and newfangled contraptions threaten his world, he's dead-set against progress--until he meets a pretty little teacher. Sequel to “Six bits a day". Followed by "The smiling country". Spur Award. 2007.
Kansas, 1883. Lancaster, a gunfighter, is confronted by a man who mistakenly believes himself to be Lancaster's target. In the…
showdown, a girl is accidentally killed. The guilt-ridden Lancaster gives up on life and loses himself in the bottle, until another child in distress presents him with an opportunity for personal redemption. 1999.
When a notorious band of Mexican outlaws hunt scalps for bounty and murder for fun, they encounter a new and…
powerful enemy. Major Alec Kershaw, a man of rawhide and steel, faces them with a steady gun and two strong allies -- Baishan, an Apache chief and warrior, and Anne Sinclair, fiancée of Kershaw's commanding officer and long-time rival. Some strong language and violence. 1986.
Roy Boone sells his farm and goes West to escape the grief of his wife's death. In the Arizona territory,…
he becomes involved with Jennifer Todd who involves him in murder and deceit. 1983.
Three short westerns originally written for magazines, including The Blackness of MacTee, The King of Rats: A Reata Story, and…
The Gauntlet. In all three, rugged frontiersmen are frustrated by their encounters with women, some of whom lead them astray or dodge their offerings of love. Some violence. 1998.
Romantic adventure in the violent days following the Russian Revolution. An American oil engineer becomes a moving target after he…
kills a Russian general for attempting to rape a lovely governess. The engineer, the governess, and her two charges flee across Russia in a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, pursued by a murderous dwarf on horseback. Some strong language. 1981.
Louisa Bonaventure's family was slaughtered by the Three of a Kind Gang. Now, Louisa wants vengeance - and bounty hunter…
Lou Prophet will stop at nothing to make sure she gets it. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2009.
Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe and his friend Scrap Elliot are ready to eliminate the loathsome Juan Cortina. Unfortunately, their direct…
orders are only to spy on Cortina’s cattle rustlers, which makes them two easy gringo targets. So much so that their first scuffle leaves Josiah seriously injured and Scrap on his own in his pursuit of Cortina. Recovering from his deadly injury, Josiah is hit with a Dear John letter from his sweetheart. Luckily, a Mexican girl, Francesca, is there to help heal his wounds. But when Scrap returns full of malice directed toward his former comrade, Josiah can no longer tell who his friends are and where his heart lies. Sequel to "The coyote tracker". 2013.
To Sheriff Thorpe Stedman falls the job of bringing the guilty to justice. After the brutal lynching of an innocent…
apache, the townspeople threaten to tear apart the town of Graneros. 1975.
A pirate story unfolds when a 12-year-old boy is shanghaied and made to search for buried treasure - all because…
the villainous captain thinks that a boy born at the stroke of midnight ought to have the power to see a ghost. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007, c1965.
The fifth volume of "The gap" series reveals the swift fury of the Amnion when they are threatened not only…
by the Trumpet crew, but also by exposure by the Director Warden Dios. Sequel to "The gap into madness : chaos and order" (DC30763). 1999. (Gap ; 5)
In this fourth volume of "The gap" series, the crew of the Trumpet continue their vital and dangerous fight against…
the plans of the Amnion to overthrow all Earth-bred life. Sequel to "The gap into power : a dark and hungry God arises" (DC30765). Followed by "The gap into ruin : this day all Gods die" (DC30764). 1994. (Gap ; 4)
A sheltered, disenchanted, young duke eludes his protectors and sets out to enjoy the robust life of Regency England. He…
encounters many experiences for which he had not bargained, including a serenely beautiful woman who becomes the decoy for a ruthless blackmailer. 1948.
The legend goes that when you are in your mother’s womb, you know all about the mystery of creation and…
the origins of the world until the end of time, but when you are born, a messenger flies over your cradle and puts a finger on your lips so that the secret of life will never escape. The finger erases your memory forever and leaves a mark, which all of us have above our upper lip - all of us, except me. The day I was born, the messenger forgot to come and see me, and I remember everything. Sequel to “The first day” (DC41463). Includes sex, violence and strong language. 2011. Uniform title: La première nuit.
Keira, an archaeologist, returns home from a dig in Ethiopia with an unusual stone, which Adrian, her old boyfriend and…
an astrophysicist, investigates. When it becomes apparent that others are also interested in the stone, Keira and Adrian travel the world, following maps written in the stars and clues buried within the earth, always guided by the slowly unravelling secrets of the stone. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence. 2011. Uniform title: Le premier jour.
Andrea Baxter's summer in Anderson's Arm, a fishing village in Newfoundland, turns to unexpected adventure, when she, her cousin, and…
her uncle are arrested for illegal scallop dragging by the St. Pierre et Miquelon coast guard. Once they're rescued from the police station, Andrea ends up staying on St. Pierre, finding mystery, adventure, and romance. Grades 5-8. 1994.
The Blande family is going on a quest to the Verulian Mountains to find out who is stealing the fountains…
of Rome. Along the way, they must face Kaspar Snit, an evil genius. Grades 3-6. 2004.
Long ago, the Creators established the Finest Court, a race of intelligent, moral horses that names shepherds to secretly guide…
and guard the Fallen Favorites. Young Gallant-Stallion, a newly-appointed shepherd, escapes the violent massacre of the prince's wedding party, carrying away 13-year-old Meven, the new prince, and Meven's younger sister, Kalantha. Gallant-Stallion and his charges know that the assassins, directed by an evil avian mastermind, are tracking them, and embark on a series of adventures as they as they try to set things right - and stay alive. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.
David Blackwood, Royal Marine captain and holder of the Victoria Cross, must deal with the Boxer uprising in China, the…
death of a brother in South Africa's Boer War and the machinations of a German countess. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1985.