The deadliest man on the frontier isn't the one being hunted. It's the one who knows exactly how to survive the hunt.
Boone Elwood has faced killers, conspiracies, and impossible odds before, but nothing compares to the price now hanging over his head. An anonymous coalition has placed an astonishing bounty on Boone's life, carefully restricting it to territory beyond Harrison County while seizing his mother's homestead and threatening to desecrate his family's graves unless he rides into their carefully prepared killing ground. Refusing to place those he loves in danger, Boone leaves the safety of the Slash B Ranch alone, determined to turn the hunters into the hunted.
Across blistering salt flats, abandoned mining camps, narrow canyon passes, and the unforgiving badlands of Texas, Boone wages a one-man war against bounty hunters, Pinkerton-trained trackers, mercenary companies, and professional assassins who all believe fortune lies at the end of his trail. Every encounter demands ingenuity instead of brute force, as Boone transforms cliffs, storms, collapsing rock, abandoned settlements, and the harsh frontier itself into weapons against enemies who outnumber him at every turn.
With every mile, the conspiracy reaches deeper than a simple bounty. Hidden ledgers, coded telegraph messages, and a shadow network stretching across the West reveal that Boone's death is only one piece of a far larger plan. Wounded, exhausted, and pushed to the limits of human endurance, he races to save his family's legacy before powerful men erase both his past and anyone who still stands beside him.
Packed with relentless action, unforgettable characters, tactical ingenuity, and the authentic frontier realism that has made the Burrell saga a favorite among Western readers, The Dead Reckoning delivers one of Boone Elwood's most gripping adventures yet. If you enjoy classic Westerns filled with high-stakes pursuit, impossible survival, and heroes who refuse to surrender no matter the odds, this is one ride you won't want to miss.
Genre: Western
Boone Elwood has faced killers, conspiracies, and impossible odds before, but nothing compares to the price now hanging over his head. An anonymous coalition has placed an astonishing bounty on Boone's life, carefully restricting it to territory beyond Harrison County while seizing his mother's homestead and threatening to desecrate his family's graves unless he rides into their carefully prepared killing ground. Refusing to place those he loves in danger, Boone leaves the safety of the Slash B Ranch alone, determined to turn the hunters into the hunted.
Across blistering salt flats, abandoned mining camps, narrow canyon passes, and the unforgiving badlands of Texas, Boone wages a one-man war against bounty hunters, Pinkerton-trained trackers, mercenary companies, and professional assassins who all believe fortune lies at the end of his trail. Every encounter demands ingenuity instead of brute force, as Boone transforms cliffs, storms, collapsing rock, abandoned settlements, and the harsh frontier itself into weapons against enemies who outnumber him at every turn.
With every mile, the conspiracy reaches deeper than a simple bounty. Hidden ledgers, coded telegraph messages, and a shadow network stretching across the West reveal that Boone's death is only one piece of a far larger plan. Wounded, exhausted, and pushed to the limits of human endurance, he races to save his family's legacy before powerful men erase both his past and anyone who still stands beside him.
Packed with relentless action, unforgettable characters, tactical ingenuity, and the authentic frontier realism that has made the Burrell saga a favorite among Western readers, The Dead Reckoning delivers one of Boone Elwood's most gripping adventures yet. If you enjoy classic Westerns filled with high-stakes pursuit, impossible survival, and heroes who refuse to surrender no matter the odds, this is one ride you won't want to miss.
Genre: Western
Used availability for Robert Hanlon's Texas 1866: The Dead Reckoning