On a dangerous Rocky Mountain trail, Peacher must deal with Jebediah Druke and his ruthless band of killers and Crow warrior Blood Eye, who has been tracking Preacher with nothing but bad intentions.

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Preacher takes on the last of the Aztecs in his biggest, bloodiest showdown yet. . .

There are a million ways to die in the Rockies--and a million predators, natural or otherwise. But even a seasoned mountain dweller like Preacher is shocked by the latest horror lurking in the hills. Trappers are being hunted down like animals. Captured. Murdered. Mutilated. Their hearts carved out of their chests. Some of the victims were Preacher's friends. Now two others--Audie and Nighthawk--have gone missing. Preacher is determined to track them down before they end up on the chopping block. But nothing can prepare him for what's waiting at the end of the trail. . .

A secret cult as old as the Aztecs. A warrior priest with a lust for blood.

And an epic battle that begins and ends--with the ultimate sacrifice . . .

Backfoot Messiah

by William W. Johnstone

Published 1 November 2007

"The Santa Fe Trail stretches from the Mississippi River to New Mexico Territory through the West's most savage lands. That's why a wealthy trader hires the mountain man called Preacher to keep his trade goods safe--and hopefully deliver a flock of pilgrims to a Promised Land. A young prostitute. The spoiled son of a wagon train owner--these are a few of the souls Preacher must protect. But then a rifle goes off at the wrong moment. A towering grizzly bear attacks. And both outlaws and Comanches ambush the wagon train... Now, the travelers are surrounded by predators of every shape and stripe. For Preacher, there is only one way to go--straight into the heart of danger, to blaze a killing trail of his own..."--P. [4] of cover.

Distracted by a beautiful woman working to bring a rail line to a remote settlement and pesky outlaws, Preacher must fight for his survival along with the settlers when Indians attack the outpost and he discovers that agents of a foreign government ignited the attack.



Preacher's Showdown

by William W. Johnstone

Published 1 January 2008

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For the sake of the son he never knew, Preacher goes on the warpath.


Long ago, the legendary trapper known as Preacher took shelter with the Absaroka, and fell in love with a girl called Bird in the Tree. Twenty years later, he rescues a woman and her son from an ambush by the hated Blackfoot. The woman is Birdie, and the valiant young warrior is Hawk That Soars—Preacher’s son. Now the greatest fighter on the frontier is about to go to war, to protect a family he never knew he had.

Led by the vicious war chief Tall Bull, the Blackfoot are trying to wipe out the Absaroka. Hopelessly outnumbered by vicious warriors, Preacher and his son launch a war that will stain the Rocky Mountain snow with Blackfoot blood.

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