In the middle of a harsh desert where water is the town's most valuable resource, an accused killer runs to escape the man who is trying to kill him. Troy Warfield is on the run. He is entering hostile New Mexico territory, where the heat sucks moisture from the earth and beats down the weak. Accused of killing a deputy U. S. Marshal, Warfield has been running for six hundred miles, evading the relentless pursuit of U. S. Marshal John Trent. Fulton, New Mexico, is the only source of water at the end of a desert. Anyone wanting to reach Mexico would need to ride through Fulton, a town that is run by Lem Bricker and his gang, who charge mightily for its water at two dollars a gallon. When Troy Warfield is waylaid on the way to Fulton, Marshal Trent gets there ahead of him and is captured by Bricker and his thugs. All they want from Trent is information: who he's pursuing, his description, and how much money he's carrying. Soon, it begins to look as if the outlaws will assist Marshal Trent to do whatever it takes to capture Warfield. There's just one little problem: Troy Warfield isn't carrying any money. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L'Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The collected stories of EAA "Sport Aviation" columnist Lauran Paine Jr. This is aviation from the heart.

Two Western novellas by the incomparable Lauran Paine, a titan of the Western genre. "Tomahawk Meadow" tells the story of Ladd Buckner, a stranger who arrives in a small town in Arizona Territory. Buckner buys the local saddle and harness shop, but when the townspeople recognize his stitch work, the town marshal decides to investigate. Before he can reveal his findings, however, the marshal is killed during the course of a daring bank robbery. A letter is found in his pocket that states Ladd Buckner had been released from prison after serving a term for bank robbery. To keep his good name, Buckner will have to track down the men who robbed the town and killed the sheriff, in this thrilling story about honor, loyalty, and running from one's past. In "Promise of Revenge," Tom Barker returns to the small cow town of Beatty, where, fifteen years before, his mother had abandoned him and had run off with another man. Tom's father, a freighter, abused the boy while authorities looked the other way. Now he is grown, has acquired a good deal of wealth, and is back in Beatty, intent on evening the score with the town that rejected him. Although handy with a six-gun, he'll have to uses his wits and his wealth to outsmart the rich locals who never thought Tom Barker would return . . . Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction that takes place in the old West. Westerns books about outlaws, sheriffs, chiefs and warriors, cowboys and Indians are a genre in which we publish regularly. Our list includes international bestselling authors like Zane Gray and Louis L'Amour, and many more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Lou Bellanger is a gunfighter who has not seen his mother since he was a small child, since she placed him with a foster family. Now, remarried with two small children, she has hired Lou to help her in a range war. Lou better have more than an ace up his sleeve if he hopes to stay alive.

The open range men are freegrazing cattlemen--those who don't own land but drive their stock through the country to graze. Boss Spearman knows that times are changing. Local ranchers are staking claims to grazing areas and building up extensive cattle empires. Boss has no quarrel with that, but he won't be intimidated or scared off. So when local rancher Denton Baxter kills one of Boss's crew and wounds another, Boss knows he must make a stand.

This is a trio of western stories featuring 'War at Broken Bow', 'Taos Man', and 'Gunman'.

Stormy Merrill having outdistanced the pursuit caused by the daring robbery he had committed in the town of Colville pauses on a ridge above Marais Valley. The two large ranches that comprise all the land in Marais Valley are rich and will be inherited by two single women -- daughters -- or their husbands. Stormy could gain control of one within the law by marrying Geraldine Proctor of the MVP Ranch. But Merrill also wants possession of the Big B Ranch that will be inherited by Toni Buttrick. Step by devious step in an atmosphere of passion intrigue love and hate, Stormy Merrill's grand scheme for incredible personal enrichment is about to be played out in Marais Valley. "

Leaving the freezing winters of Montana, Cliff Lockwood heads off to New Mexico. En route he meets Shelley Harrison, but rides on, even though he is attracted to her. Years later he sets off in search of her, haunted by a sorrowful memory.