Ralph Compton

In the aftermath of the Civil War, a blacksmith from Missouri decides to travel to Texas to purchase a cattle herd. He hopes to sell the herd up north and turn a profit for his family to live on. However, the blacksmith had not reckoned on the dangers of the lawless plains, and is set upon and killed by a band of outlaws. When news of his death reaches his family, his eldest daughter straps on her father's colts and sets off on her father's chestnut...

Benton McCaleb, Will Elliot, and Brazos Gifford ride with Charles Goodnight as he rounds up thousands of cattle for the long drive to Colorado. They'll battle endless miles of flooded rivers, parched desert, and whiskey-crazed Comanches. And come face-to-face with Judge Roy Bean and legendary gunslingers like Clay Allison.

From the Texas brakes to the Canadian river they blazed a trail. Armed with only a Colt rifle and a Bowie knife, Ten Chisholm leaves New Orleans with a price on his head. His only crime--loving the daughter of a powerful gambler. With a vow to return, Ten rides into the brakes.

Trying to rescue their friend Clay Duval who is trapped inside war-torn Mexico, brothers Gil and Van Austin are taken prisoner by Santa Anna's soldiers and must make a daring escape.

Nelson Story has money from his gold claim but is a marked man. The Plummer gang is after him for hanging the outlaw sheriff, Henry Plummer. So Story and his partners go to Fort Worth, buy cattle, and head for Illinois markets, but poor grass and high tolls turn them toward Montana and dangerous Sioux lands.

Driving two thousand head of cattle north from Texas, Cajun cowboy Long John Coons must brave stampedes, cattle rustlers, renegade Indians, and the love of a beautiful woman with a sordid past to get his longhorns to the Kansas railroad.

A woman is out for revenge as she goes to Texas to find and kill the men who killed her father.

A man embarks on a hazardous journey for both body and soul in this Ralph Compton western...
Ed Wright earned his reputation as a capable and principled man from years of driving cattle—and from wearing a Ranger’s badge. The Texan wants nothing more than to drown his memories in bottle after bottle of whiskey.
 
Unita Nance is the owner of the Bar U Ranch, having inherited the spread after her husband’s death....

Desperados enforce their own brand of justice in this novel in the USA Today bestselling Ralph Compton series.
Bandit Gus McCord may have only one good eye, but his partner Doyle Hill has the nose for sniffing out a golden opportunity. And that’s just what he does when he discovers a black case guarded by the mysterious Mister Mason. But instead of a fortune, Gus and Doyle uncover scraps of fancy cloth smeared in blood. They...

One year after their sister rode off to avenge their father's death, Tim and Jed Strange are on the brink of losing the family farm. They head west hoping to find their sister, but find trouble instead. Accused of a murder they didn't commit, they're on the run, and seeking the true killers....