Description
William W. Johnstone is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of over 300 books, including Preacher, The Last Mountain Man, Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man; The Family Jensen, Sidewinders, and Shawn O'Brien Town Tamer . His thrillers include Phoenix Rising, Home Invasion, The Blood of Patriots, The Bleeding Edge , and Suicide Mission . Visit his website at www.williamjohnstone.net or by email at [email protected] the all-around assistant, typist, researcher,xa0and fact checker to one of the most popular westernxa0authorsxa0of all time, J.A. Johnstone learned fromxa0the master, Uncle William W. Johnstone. xa0He began tutoring J.A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts orxa0researching his massive American Western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts.xa0J.A. worked hard—and learned. "Every day with Billxa0was an adventure story in itself. Bill taught mexa0allxa0he couldxa0about the art of storytelling. ‘Keep the historical facts accurate,' he would say. ‘Remember the readers, and as your grandfather once told me, I am telling you now: be the best J.A. Johnstone you can be.'"
Features & Highlights
- New York Times bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, authors of the popular Mountain Man series, comes a gritty, authentic saga.
- In 1848, Dooley Monahan, son of struggling Iowa pioneers, went off to pick up a new milk cow. Young Dooley never came home. Now, nearly three decades later, Dooley Monahan has become an accidental legend, managing to plant a bullet in the chest of a dangerous outlaw. All Dooley really wants is to claim his reward at a bank in Phoenix and make his way north to a gold strike he read about in a newspaper. But fate has other plans. It starts with a family slaughtered by Apaches, a dog smarter than most humans Dooley knows, and a girl with a wounded soul. And the blood-hungry brothers of the outlaw Dooley killed will not give up their pursuit until they've avenged his death.The farther Dooley tries to head north, destiny pushes him west. His trail is populated by strange friends and dangerous enemies, strewn with bad luck and bad blood--and frequently interrupted by sudden storms of gunfire.
