Now Available: Shooter York - Colby Jackson (Mel Odom)

Young mountain man Shooter York had been trapping with his cousin George Monk and returned to find his beloved Tennessee home in turmoil as the US Army enforced the Indian Removal Act in 1833.

Shooter hadn't agreed with the proposed action, but it hit even closer to home than he realized when a friend of his got caught up in the middle of it. Moon Bear was accused of killing an Army transport crew and of taking rifles.

After helping the Army find Moon Bear, Shooter learned that his friend was looking for his son, who was following Calling Owl, a renegade leader conducting raids on helpless settlers. Shooter and George had no choice but to free Moon Bear and take up the hunt. But with the US Army on their heels and riding into the teeth of dangerous renegades, Tennessee seemed more crowded than ever.

(As you can tell from the cover, this book is connected to the Rancho Diablo series, but since it's a prequel, you don't have to have read any of the others before this one.)

Now Available: Rancho Diablo: Songbird - Colby Jackson (Bill Crider)

Yowza! The new Rancho Diablo novel is out. And speaking of yowza . . . check out that cover featuring the gorgeous Kasey Lansdale. Bill Crider is the author behind the Colby Jackson pseudonym this time around. If you're a Western fan you won't want to miss this one.

Amazon Recommendations

This showed up in the e-mail of a friend of mine this morning. You can't go wrong with that line-up.

Now Available: Rancho Diablo: The Hold Up - Colby Jackson (Mel Odom)

When Randy Post, a young cowboy riding for the Rancho Diablo brand, gets accused of murdering a saloon girl, Sam Blaylock saddles up to get to the bottom of the matter before they fit him for a hangman's noose. Sam doesn't know that the murder has set off a chain of events that will end up with him swapping lead with a murderous gang of robbers eyeing one of the banks in Shooter's Cross.

In the past, Marshal Everett Tolliver and Sam Blaylock haven't seen exactly eye-to-eye on things involving the ranch hands. Tolliver intends to hold the peace in town no matter what the cost. But he's going to need help if he's going to find out who murdered Jessie Holden in cold blood.

Even after they've set their differences aside for the time being, Sam and Tolliver still have to put their lives at risk to hold the line in Shooter's Cross in a gundown on Main Street that will become a legend.

The New Rancho Diablo Book is Out, Yuh Whippersnappers!

The new Rancho Diablo book, GABBY DARBINS AND THE SLIDE-ROCK BOLTER, is now available from Amazon. Bill Crider, writing as Colby Jackson, is the author of this entry, which focuses on Gabby Darbins, the colorful ranch hand. It's full of action and humor, and if you love tall tales, you've got to read this one. Check it out!

Rancho Diablo: Dark Horse Now Available for the Nook

And you can find it here.

Rancho Diablo #5: Dark Horse Now Available

I'm very pleased to announce that RANCHO DIABLO #5: DARK HORSE, my second entry in the series, is now available on Amazon. The Nook edition should be live soon as well, and a trade paperback edition is also in the works. I'm very pleased with this one and love the cover by Keith Birdsong.  Check it out!