Cursed Fortune of the Haunted Mesas
(2025)(The second book in the Trails of a Restless Bounty Hunter series)
A novel by Bill Yenne
Bladen Cole never wanted to go back to New Mexico Territory. Still haunted by that terrible night ten years ago down in Silver City when his bother Will was murdered by the ‘rat-faced man,’ he wanted to put bad memories behind him.
Cole never intended to go back to New Mexico, but the trail of the bandits he had trailed from Colorado led him to Santa Fe. In turn, this led him to a small, low-ceilinged Santa Fe cafe called Refugio del Viajero, where he was waited on by Nicolette de la Gravière, a young woman with lips the color of dried, red chilies.
Cole’s being in Santa Fe also led him to the offices of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, where he was hired to pursue the perpetrators of a huge train robbery. The railroad can’t alert the lawmen, because they want to keep the robbery quiet!
As Cole pursues the bandits, he discovers that they have met the enigmatic ‘Dutchman,’ and have heard his tales of lost gold and fantastic riches. Even though they have already stolen great wealth, they decide they need even more.
‘Bill Yenne’s Death and Betrayal Under the Big Sky is a master class in western story telling. Taken from the simple Good vs. Evil theme, Yenne spins a tale where the plot twists and turns at every fork in the trail. Set in the wilds of Northern Montana, bounty hunter Bladen Cole is hired to track down four men wanted for killings in Gallatin City. Wanted dead or alive. Dead is much easier, but Cole wants justice just as much as he wants the reward. He believes they must be able to testify for justice to be served. With outlaws escaping and hired guns trying to prevent their return to Gallatin City, Bladen Cole must navigate the Blackfoot country north of the Marias River, wilderness trails, and the treachery of men, to see justice done.’ —Lane R. Warenski, bestselling author of the ‘Frontier Scout’ series
Bill Yenne is the award winning author of more than three dozen nonfiction books on historical topics and a dozen novels, including two series of Westerns with DSP. He grew up in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, where he spent a great deal of time on horseback in the rugged backcountry. He is an active member of Western Writers of America. The Wall Street Journal notes that he writes with ‘cinematic vividness.’
Genre: Western
Cole never intended to go back to New Mexico, but the trail of the bandits he had trailed from Colorado led him to Santa Fe. In turn, this led him to a small, low-ceilinged Santa Fe cafe called Refugio del Viajero, where he was waited on by Nicolette de la Gravière, a young woman with lips the color of dried, red chilies.
Cole’s being in Santa Fe also led him to the offices of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, where he was hired to pursue the perpetrators of a huge train robbery. The railroad can’t alert the lawmen, because they want to keep the robbery quiet!
As Cole pursues the bandits, he discovers that they have met the enigmatic ‘Dutchman,’ and have heard his tales of lost gold and fantastic riches. Even though they have already stolen great wealth, they decide they need even more.
‘Bill Yenne’s Death and Betrayal Under the Big Sky is a master class in western story telling. Taken from the simple Good vs. Evil theme, Yenne spins a tale where the plot twists and turns at every fork in the trail. Set in the wilds of Northern Montana, bounty hunter Bladen Cole is hired to track down four men wanted for killings in Gallatin City. Wanted dead or alive. Dead is much easier, but Cole wants justice just as much as he wants the reward. He believes they must be able to testify for justice to be served. With outlaws escaping and hired guns trying to prevent their return to Gallatin City, Bladen Cole must navigate the Blackfoot country north of the Marias River, wilderness trails, and the treachery of men, to see justice done.’ —Lane R. Warenski, bestselling author of the ‘Frontier Scout’ series
Bill Yenne is the award winning author of more than three dozen nonfiction books on historical topics and a dozen novels, including two series of Westerns with DSP. He grew up in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, where he spent a great deal of time on horseback in the rugged backcountry. He is an active member of Western Writers of America. The Wall Street Journal notes that he writes with ‘cinematic vividness.’
Genre: Western
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