Ruby Sisson Library

Three Civil War deserters living on the fringe kidnap the young son of a clergyman with the sole purpose of conscripting him into their degenerate band of misfits. Tethered about the neck with a rawhide lace and made to bid the commands of General Ike Smith, the boy's survival depends upon his ability to adapt to their malevolent ways - a lesson he learns quickly. Cast into a life of darkness and evil, the boy's single opportunity for redemption may...

Preacher is on the move, joining a springtime trail drive led by freewheeling Wiley Courtland. Wiley has good horses to deliver to the American Fur Company at Fort Gifford. Red Knife's war party has other plans. Fighting their way to safety, the horse traders make it to Fort Gifford - where the beautiful wife of the fort's commander makes a raid of her own with Wiley. As jealousy erupts, Red Knife's bloodthirsty legion comes galloping over the horizon....

"For a young man of seventeen, Wilkie John Liquorish has lived one sorry life. From his ill-fated stint in the U.S. Army to a back-breaking job as a gravedigger, Wilkie just can't seem to catch a break. His latest gig--working a cattle drive from Mobeetie, Texas, to Fort Worth--is no exception. The food-poisoning death of a chuckwagon cook has everyone spooked, and the fear spreads like a disease. Wilkie barely makes it out alive. But when he shows...

While Kansas and Missouri clash in fierce battle over slavery, the Hartmans learn that blood is not thicker than water. They are compelled to choose sides in a conflict so overwhelming it threatens to unravel their family ties. Before the war ends, family members will die, others will vow revenge, traitors will reveal themselves -- and one Hartman will decide whether to expose a plot that could tip the balance of the war. There would be no turning...

Adam Blaine was always content to stay on his family's cattle ranch on the Yellowstone. Unlike his brother, Jake, who could never resist the open road--or the prospect of gold. When Jake doesn't return Adam sets off to look for him, never expecting to find hell waiting. Because where there's gold, there are thieves. And they don't think twice about putting a bullet in a man. Then a case of mistaken identity turns Adam into a "vigilante" on the run,...

"Synopsis: Living in semiretirement with Kai, his soon to be wife, Murphy is called back to action by his former boss, ex-President Grant. Writing his memoirs, Grant is about to embark on a cross-country speaking tour and wants Murphy to act as his private bodyguard. Murphy agrees and the tour starts without a hitch until they reach Washington DC. At a prominent university in the Washington area, a man suddenly stands in the middle of Grant's lecture,...

Ben Sutton's law: "concerns a territorial marshal summoned to Mexican Springs to intervene in violence that has broken out between cattle ranchers and nesters. Even before he arrives at his destination, sutton has a bloody encounter with members of the Denison gang who are intent on revenge after an earlier encounter. sutton's mission is to be kept secret, so he cannot share information with or seek the assistance of the local sheriff. This isolation...

"After surviving a shooting in Taylorsville, Nebraska, and the 1876 influenza outbreak, Marshal Joe Mundy is enjoying a quiet summer courting Sarah Welby, the abandoned wife of the town's first marshal. Until the killings begin. The cattlemen's association has threatened to campaign against Sheriff Canfield in the upcoming election unless he curtails the area's rustling problem. Canfield's secret solution is a hired assassin, a convenient way to eliminate...

"Red Ryan should've known this job would be trouble. The first stop is a ghost town--in a thunder storm--and the cargo is a coffin. But things start to look a little brighter when Red and his stage guard Buttons Muldoon deliver the corpse to a ranch run by the beautiful Luna Talbot--and her gorgeous crew of former saloon girls. Luna asks the boys to help them find the Lucky Cuss Gold Mine, using a map tucked inside the dead man's pocket. Buttons can't...

"As sleepy as Buffalo Peak's been, legendary marshal, Elwood "Firestick" McQueen, and his deputies "Beartooth" Skinner and "Moosejaw" Hendricks never expected a couple of drifters to wake it up -- by kidnapping two lovely ladies in town. Hardly the sharpest quills on a cactus, these dim drifters call it courtin'. Firestick doesn't see it that way. Now the woman snatchers are heading for West Texas with their reluctant brides-to-be -- and unwittingly...