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Spur Award–winning author: The telegraph is about to change the American West—and one rancher must battle those who would sabotage his family's future . . .

The Byrnes family saga continues in this epic novel by Western Heritage and Spur Award-winning Dusty Richards, starting with a trailblazing moment in our nation's history—and ending in bloodsoaked vengeance . . .

In a landmark feat of innovation,...

Chet Byrnes has his hands full taking care of his family and running his ranching operation in Arizona Territory. But he still takes his responsibilities as a deputy U.S. marshal very seriously. Bandits have been crossing the border, cutting a bloody swath of mayhem--stealing horses, robbing banks, and murdering innocent folk--then high-tailing it back to safety in Mexico. The chief U.S. marshal asks Chet to lead a secret task force to stop the raids...

An unforgettable chapter in the epic Byrnes family saga from Western Heritage and Western Writers of America Spur Award-winning author Dusty Richards . . . TEXAS TOUGH. ARIZONA BOUND. With blood and tears, Chet Byrnes built a life in Texas, only to have it shattered by an ill-fated cattle drive and a deadly family feud. Realizing he and his family need to start over in new territory, Chet and his young nephew set out for Arizona, hoping to find a...

Spur Award–Winning Author: "To read a Dusty Richards novel is to journey back into the Old West with a writer who knows the territory." —Jory Sherman, author of Trapper's Moon
The land made him hard.
The Byrnes family came to Texas and carved out a place on the land. Three generations who paid in blood and treasure. Children carried off by Comanche. A brother lost to war. Lives shattered. Chet Byrnes was trying...

From acclaimed western author Dusty Richards comes an explosive new novel in his O'Malley saga, the powerful story of a strong Texan family caught in the crossfire of rebels, assassins, and history itself . . .

It begins with a spectacular train robbery—a brilliantly planned, brutally executed heist masterminded by a shadowy gang of conspirators with far deadlier motives than money or gold. Their mission: to steal...

In the thrilling saga from the Western Heritage and Spur Award–winning author, Chet Byrnes stands his ground—with his courage, guns, and blood.

For Chet Byrnes, building a ranching empire means adding new land, hiring good men, finding water, and trying new breeds of cattle. But outlaws and Tucson's idle rich want to take it all away—and Arizona just may be too lawless to stop it. So while the Byrnes family expands...

From Western Writers of America Spur Award-winning author Dusty Richards comes a blistering new novel in his O'Malley saga, trailing one family's epic struggle to live out their dreams on the deadly battleground of the Texas Frontier . . .

Whip Station, a critical stop on the Butterfield stagecoach line, is dead smack in the middle of no-man's land. The lawless call it an easy target. Joe O'Malley calls it home. If anybody...

"BLINDED BY BLOOD. Bobby Budd rode out of Colorado with one killing behind him and dozens yet to go. From New Mexico to Indian Territory, Budd became one of a rootless army of half-crazed, half-drunk killers for hire--building an ugly legend as the Coyote Kid. Honest men paid the Kid to rid themselves of rustlers. Along the way, the innocent died, too. WANTED BY THE LAW. Now, former Apache campaigner Major Gerald Bowen is bringing law to the land,...