Treacherous Trail

by John Ladd

Published 27 February 2004
When the son of wealthy El Paso banker Rufas McCabe is kidnapped in broad daylight, McCabe believes that all he must do is pay the ransom in order to return everything to normality. He was very wrong. For the ruthless band of outlaws led by the infamous Big Bill O'Mara had no intention of returning Joseph McCabe so easily, not when they could milk the old banker dry. No one, not even the law, would help McCabe, and everything seemed lost until ex-lawman Cal Hayes entered the picture. If anyone could track down the gang and their hostage, it was Hayes. Now, he saddled up and took to the treacherous trail. Would the mission be his last?

Smoking Barrels

by John Ladd

Published 30 June 2011
When Steve Hardie arrives in Cripple Creek, he finds himself involved in a scuffle with a bunch of drunken cowpokes. He bravely saves the life of the local sheriff but accidentally kills one of the cowboys. Because nobody kills one of Hyram Slade's men and lives, Hardie saddles up and leaves town. However, the crazed Slade gathers up his hired henchmen and is in quick pursuit. Now only the death of the drifter will satisfy him. In a face-to-face confrontation with Slade death beckons Steve. Can he live to see another day?

The Forty Riders

by John Ladd

Published 30 May 2001
As darkness fell, and terror enveloped Powder Springs, none of the outlaws could have suspected that one man was preparing to finish a job he had started many years earlier. Soon they would face the once infamous man, and only then would they fully realise what a deadly enemy he could be.

Appaloosa King

by John Ladd

Published 27 August 1999
A mighty ranch set in the fertile heartland of Texas spawns the greed of one very ambitious Frenchman named Jean-Claude Lucard. Hiring a large band of rustlers, Lucard plans to steal the entire herd of longhorns owned by Judge Nathen Berkley.'