In this exciting new installment in bestseller Ralph Compton's the Gunfighter series, John Beck is a man who has spent his career dispensing justice throughout the West, but now the justice is personal. Town Marshal John Beck is a haunted man. He came to the town of Mother Lode, Arizona, to escape his past as a Pinkerton agent, but blood has a way of staying with a man. So when The Brickhouse Gang rides into town one morning, Beck figures they're doling out their own kind of justice for his past sins. But he wasn't counting on them riding him out of town on a rail and turning him loose in the harsh Arizona desert. And The Brickhouse Gang weren't counting on Beck's iron will to live another day. Will John Beck get the vengeance he seeks or will he be able to Ride The Hammer Down to justice?

A treacherous ride for supplies brings mortal danger to a trigger-happy gunfighter in this thrilling Ralph Compton western. Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about keeping quiet. Unfortunately, it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service. The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow, but the ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit make Charlie ill at ease. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really gone, because the wounded bear of a man isn't down without a fight, and he's ready to wreak vengeance on those who did him wrong.... More Than Eight Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

An outlaw cavalry that can't be stopped--and one man with the courage to take a stand.
In Mexico, Wes Stone picked up his father's gun, rode his father's horse, and took on his father's enemies. In California, he planted a band of savage criminals in the ground. Now Stone is heading up to the plains of Colorado, where a new kind of war has begun.
A dangerous band of mercenaries is going for the gold--enough to bankrupt the entire country. Their scheme: to raid four U.S. mints. Their weapon: an armored train tearing through the West like a fire-powered battle-ax on wheels.
From Durango to Dodge City, across a rugged land stained with blood, gold, and treachery, Stone follows a violent trail of honor. All that stands between victory and death is a quick-draw reflex--and the kind of .44-caliber justice that could tame the West and turn Stone into a legend.
More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books in Print
"Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend."--"The Huntsville Times" (AL)

On a frontier torn by war and renegades, they carried a cargo more valuable than gold...
Miners dug for fortunes. Soldiers died on open plains. And a few brave men drove the wooden freight wagons into the wild land. Now, master Western novelist Ralph Compton tells the real story of the tough-as-leather men who blazed the way into the untamed frontier.
Once they drove longhorns. Now Mac Tunstall and his band of Texans must take a shipment of Winchesters by rail and wagon all the way to the U.S. Army in Austin. But from the moment the wagoneers set out, violence and treachery stalk their trail. From Dodge to the Brazos, half the outlaws on the frontier are aiming to get hold of an arsenal that could blow the West wide open. And Mac and his men don't see one danger until it's too late-four beautiful, headstrong women determined to share a trail of courage and tears all the way to the end.