Black Horse Western
6 total works
The peaceful existence of the sleepy Arizona town of Mountain Peak is cruelly shattered by the arrival of a bunch of outlaws, led by the unspeakable killer John Bannock. By murder and intimidation, Bannock quickly proceeds to take over the town...but for what purpose? The townsfolk turn to the one person who might possibly save them: the man-mountain, Randle Meredith, an urbane Eastern gentleman - until, that is, somebody crosses him. Aided by his son Bart, and Bart's wife Jane, Meredith first sets out to discover the real reason why Bannock should have targeted their town. Thereafter, there are no holds barred in what becomes a personal duel between Meredith and Bannock, with death and destruction awaiting the loser.
When Dynamite Walters and his young daughter Susan are left to die in the desert by Iron Fist Jackson, they join many others victimized as part of Jackson's brutal machinations to seize control Canyon Town. After Walters dies, Susan now grown, dedicates her to avenging his death. She goes after Jackson ready to claim her revenge.
Raiders who seem intent on destroying every ranch in the valley are terrorizing the district of Mountain Peak in Arizona. When rancher David Meredith becomes their latest victim, it opens a new chapter in the violent and bloody history of the town of Mountain Peak. Caught up in the maelstrom of events is David's troubled younger brother, Bart Meredith. He is aided - and sometimes led - by his heavyweight father, who shows an amazing talent for ingenious stratagems, and Jane Talbot, a courageous young woman who herself becomes a target for the terrorists. Can the unlikely team of father and son avenge David Meredith and unmask his killer, or will they join him in death?
Brett Conroy, the gun-slinging boss of the town of Macey's Folly, finds his iron grip on the settlement slipping away when a mysterious stranger arrives. His chief gunman makes the mistake of thinking the stranger is only a city dude and soon comes to regret his error. Aided by the shyster lawyer Elias Marlin plus a crooked mayor and sheriff, Conroy tries every brutal trick to get rid of the stranger. But the stranger swears to destroy Conroy's hold on the town and names himself "The Paleface Killer". When the courageous Tracey Lee throws in her lot with the puzzling stranger, the scene becomes set for a maelstrom of murder and mayhem, which few will survive.
An amazing discovery in the mountains leads to some very odd events in the little Arizona town of Mountain Peak. When a man is found dead on the mountain trail - the dust around his body undisturbed by footprints, no signs of external injury or indication of how he died - it's left to Mayor Randle Meredith to provide some answers. Aided by his son, courageous young wife, June, their enigmatic Navajo servant and the town sheriff, Randle is quickly faced with two more inexplicable deaths. Now, Randle's battle to protect his town from a murderer leaves him fighting desperately for his very life.