Hot Lead, Cold Heart

by Matthew P Mayo

Published 31 October 2008
His Honor Newland Pontiff III, late of Exeter Territorial Prison, now presides over a vast tract of land with Cayuse Falls at its centre - a town he's confident he can transform into the 'Washington of the West.' But a demon from his past haunts the horizon and time is running short.Mason, vigilante hero to the downtrodden and mankiller, has come out of retirement to settle one last score - the only one that ever mattered - with a man who long ago forgot he'd wronged the famous 'killer of killers'. A tonic peddler, vengeful sisters, and a reluctant lawman all dog Mason's trail.But he vows that nothing will stop him from seeing this last mission through to its end even if he is not to survive.

Wrong Town

by Matthew P Mayo

Published 29 February 2008
Roamer is having a bad day - he is savaged by a grizzly, robbed by bandits, and attacked by wolves. So by the time he makes it to the little Rocky Mountain town of Tall Pine all he wants is a cup of coffee, a hot meal, and a soft bed. Instead the sheriff jails him for murder.Layers of lies and a string of killings blacken the very soul of Tall Pine as a seething mob marks Roamer's homely face as guilty and seeks its twisted justice with his blood. Can he stop the townsfolk from destroying themselves or will they kill him first? It's a brutal race against time for Roamer as the savage mob rips apart its little town, leaving innocent people dead and the wrong people in charge.

Winters' War

by Matthew P Mayo

Published 31 October 2007
For eight years the Winters family has worked hard to live down the nightmare of a bloody range war. Theirs is now a promising ranch on hard-won land in Wyoming's rugged Rockies. But on the eve of the season's first snowstorm a stranger slips in, ripping open old wounds, and devolving their lives into a brutal struggle for survival.Niall Winters returns from selling his fall herd to find his ranch a burned ruin, his Uncle Drift dead, his wife missing, and the blizzard covering any clues with a whole lot of snow. He heads into the raging maw of the storm determined to confront this demon from his past and salvage the remains of their shattered lives - or die trying. But he has no idea of the horrors that await him.