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"I know about you. The famous marshal who never quits. You ride a long trail under a lonesome sky, and death follows you." Includes "Readers Discussion Questions." In this hardboiled, unrelenting story, U. S. Marshal Maxfield Knight is asked to trap a renegade Indian named Vincent Two Hatchets, the Tomahawk Killer, who has been robbing stagecoaches near Deadwood. Riding shotgun on a stagecoach to Cheyenne, and carrying a purported strongbox of gold as bait, Knight is soon to discover that Vincent Two Hatchets has reasons for his rampage, reasons that Knight himself understands all too well. In this gut-wrenching novel, the beleaguered U. S. Marshal learns that tragedies are often born in the ashes of broken dreams, and his own violent past haunts him every step of the way. Wounded Outlaw Books is proud to present a novel of seething anger, vengeance, and tragedy that is at once enthralling but relevant to readers of unblemished American history.

While passing through Cherrywood Crossing U.S. Marshal Maxfield Knight is confronted by a gang of hired guns who tell him to ride away or be shot down. With no choice but to ride into the high country, Knight soon learns that he's being hunted by a man named Silas Manchester. But why? Determined to survive this dangerous game that's he's been forced to play, Knight vows to become the hunter rather than the hunted. Aided by a mountain man named Lacroix, Knight decides to bring the fight to Manchester and get answers. Meanwhile, Knight's partner, Deputy U.S. Marshal Cole Tibbs, sets out looking for his missing friend only to discover that he's also become part of a dangerous game that turns into a serenade of violence.

Wounded Outlaw Books Presents - Showdown at Snakebite Creek Seven years earlier Cole Tibb's father had been murdered alongside Snakebite Creek and now Cole wants justice. He returns to Raven Flats looking to settle the old grudge. But settling a grudge and surviving are two very different things. Soon he finds himself opposing a greedy landowner named Carleton Usher, his ruthless sons, and a merciless group of killers. The arrival of enigmatic U.S. Marshal Maxfield Knight raises the stakes in a deadly game of survival. As the bodies begin stacking up like firewood, Cole realizes he has only two things in his favor - his ruthless determination to set things right and his ability with a gun.

When legendary lawman-turned bounty hunter, Chance Sonnet reappears, the word spreads that he wants Eric Cabot dead. Cabot, in the dark as to Sonnet's motives, sends his men to kill Sonnet first - but the task proves more difficult than he imagines. Sonnet also finds himself pursued by a plucky newspaperwoman and an old Texas ranger who knows something of his past. Blazing a trail in a buckboard and hauling a pine coffin intended for Cabot, Chance Sonnet is a man haunted by the past and facing a future steeped in blood.

The time is 1939 and the world is on the brink of war. From the back alleys of Chicago to the jungles of South America, adventurer and top government agent Jack Ripcord clashes with a secret Nazi organization known as the Order of the Dread Angels, a merciless group intent on unleashing supernatural horrors against the United States. Ripcord follows the Nazis to South America where the Third Reich's occult leader, the Dragon, is about to unleash a demon of incredible power. Armed with a .45 automatic and an artifact called the Stonehenge Blade, Ripcord races to save the world from Nazi domination! Allied with a lycanthrope, Walter Kozak, and a witch, Trinity St. John, Jack Ripcord battles evil at every turn. Jack Ripcord is the premier adventure of a new pulp hero whose remarkable exploits are unequaled for whirlwind thrills and blood-curdling mayhem. Jack Ripcord is New Pulp Fiction for modern readers.

When Hank Benteen rides into a Wyoming valley, he saves a homesteader?s life and that of his two children, but there?s a range war brewing and some of the cowboys are hiding a murderous secret. Suddenly, Benteen finds himself involved in a deadly conflict as he resolves to help the homesteaders against impossible odds. Before long, Benteen finds himself the target of two greedy men intent on murder. Their dream of acquiring land by forcing out the homesteaders has turned into a deadly game and Benteen will need all of his skills as a gunman in order to survive.

Errol Flynn set the standard for the modern action hero in films like The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dodge City, and The Sea Hawk. This biography follows Flynn from his birth in Tasmania, Australia, in 1909, to his death in Vancouver, Canada, in 1959. Included is analysis of his films, discussion of the 1943 rape trial that changed his life, a survey of the FBIs infamous surveillance, and the first detailed account of his television appearances in the 1950s. First-hand interviews with Flynns friends and colleagues are complemented by research from FBI files, correspondence, Flynns diary, and other sources. Illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs, the study also gives attention to the historical backgrounds and cultural influences that contributed to Flynns fame; the work takes an objective and analytical look at the actors adventurous life. The study includes two appendices: the first is a collection of quotations from various celebrities, from memories of his talent and styleto anecdotes about his wild pool parties. The second appendix is a filmography including all Flynns work for film, stage, and television, with cast and crew information.

Something stirs in the darkness and pads along the moonlit path...Werewolf stories have long captivated film audiences and lovers of pulp fiction.Thomas McNulty's Werewolves! explores the genesis for this cultural phenomenondating back centuries when stories of shape shifters and wolf-men werepredominant in folk tales. The book traces the origins of lycanthropy inmythology through modern times. Included are discussions of wolf mythology andthe importance of the wolf symbol around the globe. Included is an examinationof key werewolf stories and novels with an emphasis on popular fiction and pulpfiction. This is followed by a survey of the Hollywood films with chaptersdevoted to the Wolf-Man films starring Lon Chaney Jr. and the groundbreakingSpanish werewolf films of Paul Naschy. The survey of films includes titles fromHollywood's Golden Age to present times with commentary on over 70 werewolffilms. The work includes a bibliography, filmography and index. Illustrated withrare photographs.Thomas McNulty is the author of the critically acclaimed biography, Errol Flynn,and the novels Trail of the Burned Man, Wind Rider, Death Rides a Palomino, andShowdown at Snakebite Creek. His feature articles have appeared in numerousmagazines and periodicals. He lives in Crystal Lake, Illinois with his wife,Jan, and daughter, Brenna.