Indian Adventure

After losing his parents, as well as his scalp as a youth, Hezekiah Daly set out for his revenge on the Comanche. He studied their ways until he was like one of them. Dedication to his task got him the name "Comanche Killer." He was spending his life tracking and hunting Comanche renegades, though he really didn't care if they were renegades or not. As he finished killing one band of renegades, he found two pioneer youths hiding close to where their parents were killed. In rescuing them, he felt responsible for their welfare. They also thought he was responsible for them. The twenty-years-...

**RONE AWARD FINALIST Widowed and forgotten - or is she? Now she was in a dilemma. Joan’s husband Harris had gotten into another fight, but this time, it’d be his last. Now he was buried in the field next to their run-down shack, leaving her destitute with their two little boys. Things couldn’t possibly get worse, or so she thought. But Joan can’t even depend on the one thing Harris left behind: his silver mine, for his partner, Pete Tracy, claims she must marry to inherit her share. Downcast and defeated, Joan leaves her shack for Silver City, a mining boom town to the south, and ...

Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. Ordered to rescue Wentworth's niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to be every bit as contemptible as her uncle. Instead, he finds a brave and beautiful lass in desperate peril. But the only way to free Sarah is for Connor to defeat the Shawnee warrior who kidnapped her - and claim her himself.

In 1875 Idaho Territory, Emma Blackwood arrives with her late father's geological notebooks and a dream of finding precious opals in the Owyhee Mountains. But her scientific quest collides with sacred tradition when she meets Daniel Eagle Eye, a half-Nez Perce guide who guards ancient secrets about the stones his people call "thunder eggs." As they venture deeper into the mountains, Emma and Daniel discover their conflicting worlds of science and spirituality might not be so different after all. But when a rival mining company threatens both the sacred sites and their growing love, they ...

Kalki Hari arrives at Indragarh to find out that his brother has been taken prisoner, his beloved is about to be butchered and the city is embroiled in a ghastly war with the Naga queen and Dakshini king. Armed with a mighty sword forged by a god, he fights to take the city back from his nemesis, the evil Kali. But the Avatar of Vishnu is at a crossroads. It is his destiny to fight the last battle with Adharm and obliterate evil from this world. However, he has stumbled upon a terrible truth over the course of his journey ... a truth that may change everything.

AN ENCOUNTER is the story of Macu, a young man who leaves his tribe on his first solo hunting trip. Hoping to prove himself by killing and carrying home a small deer, his encounter turns out to be of a much more singular and fateful nature. An entertaining and instructive story suitable for readers of all ages.

For Omri, it is a dream come true when the plastic American Indian he locks into the old cupboard comes to life. Little Bull is everything an Indian brave should be - proud, fearless and defiant. But being in charge of a real, live, human being is a heavy responsibility, as Omri soon discovers. And when his best friend, Patrick, is let in on the secret, he soon realises that life-changing decisions lie ahead.

Chris Cameron is a young teen boy who sets out on his very first trip. Along the way he learns life lessons, how to handle a gun and he befriends a young Indian boy. All the while the mystery of a stolen goat and where she may be remains unsolved. For all young readers from ages 6-12.

Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived. Following a migratory childhood that spanned Kabul and north India, Gulbadan spent her middle years in a walled harem established by her nephew Akbar to showcase his authority as the Great Emperor.

What would you do if gunshots woke you up in the middle of the night, endangering your family? Bullets whizzed through your tipi dangerously close to your baby son. But who’s attacking you? The Utah War ended without bloodshed. You’re building a new adobe home in peaceful Great Salt Lake City in 1859. Connal Lee and his spouses grabbed their weapons and rushed out to defend their family, camp, and friends from drunken soldiers from Fort Floyd. Other enemies, called Mormon Locusts, continued assaulting their construction camp. The huge Federal Army camped a day’s ride away had made the...

In September 1873, Elizabeth Coughlin, a widow bankrupted by her husband's folly and death, embarks on a buffalo hunt with her estranged and mysterious brother-in-law, Michael. With no money, no family, no job or security, she hopes to salvage something of her former life and the lives of the hired men and their families who depend on her. The buffalo hunt that her husband had planned, she now realizes, was his last hope for saving their land.

A short story about a fictional encounter with a southern California native American youth who travels to Arizona and encounters the Mojave tribe. He is seeking the blue turquoise gemstones which are highly prized by his tribe. He wants to impress his intended bride with a gift of these beautiful stones. We follow his travels and experience his trials along the way. A good story for adults and young readers as well.

Lawlessness casts a dark shadow over Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1909 as it adjusts to statehood. Bandits and businessmen alike struggle to adapt to life in the former Indian Territory and the Nations. Andrew J. McGrath returns from the Spanish-American War with a hidden case of shell shock. He resigns his commission after an unspeakable tragedy and turns to gambling. Ten years later, he is weary of danger from gamblers, corrupt officials, and bankers. A drunk cowboy and two friends attack McGrath after an all-night card game. He kills them with help from Bass Reeves, one of the first black US ...

A short story about the mystery of time travel, from Jurassic through medieval times and beyond is full of suspense and action. Join our reluctant hero and experience his tribulations and ultimate victory with his return to modern times, bringing with him an unusual bonus. Enjoy the characters he meets in their special niche within the fabric of this convoluted tale of time travel and intrigue.

J.D Brown had been sheriff most of his life and was good at it, but like a lot of lawmen he had faced disappointment. With a near death experience and finding out how his life still remained a mess he decided to make some changes. Like all of Clint's stories the tale twist and the reader is never sure how things will turn out. You will enjoy this short storie of the western frontier.

GREAT LEADERS CANNOT AFFORD TO BE GOOD MEN. 1986: Old scores settled, U.S. President Temple must consolidate control over a volatile nation and a changing world. A nuclear explosion in far-off Russia, political shifts in Western Europe, the AIDS virus... amid the disarray, three former allies refuse to cede command over the oil sector. The Kingsleys, the Sheppards, and the Barronses have united under the woman Temple once thought of as his daughter. Neither she nor the decorated Navy SEAL who used to be her childhood sweetheart will concede. Then there’s the American aristocrat she’s ...

This is a four story saga that follows an 1800's fellow through many adventures as he grows up and matures, from serving in the Civil War Navy on an ironclad to becoming a gold miner in California, Travel with him through being robbed of his gold to gambling, yarning and gunfights. Experience his interaction with Native American tribesmen in both California and on the plains. Listen to his tales of walking most of the way across the plains and finally working his way back home on a Mississippi riverboat. The stories are related through a great-grandfather's recollections to his great-...

As a young man, Thomas F. Sheehan eagerly devoured the old stories of cowboys, cattle, canyons, and creeks that aided our American west-spread growth, much like those B&W giants of old western movies and their most unforgettable “B” type casts. These characters came alive for him as early heroes. As homage to the genre and those that created it, Sheehan writes his own tales of the frontier. And somewhere, Tom Mix is smiling...

A dead body on the terrace and a community full of quarrelsome neighbors always fighting for more stakes. Can Shreeja and Shiuli unmask the mystery? Shreeja and Shiuli crossed paths on the terrace of Jagat Sera Apartments. They thought that the neighbors of the dead resident must know a good deal about the motive of the murder. The investigation revealed a deeper connection of money and power. The investigation was almost shut down to prevent a riot. More the detectives dig into the lives of the residents of Jagat Sera Apartments, the more the entangled history of the community starts ...

A SINGLE LIE COULD WIN THE WAR WITHOUT SHEDDING A DROP OF BLOOD. The chaotic ’eighties... political assassinations, drug wars, the computer revolution... Jared Sanders, the criminal oilman, is inches away from controlling the White House. His old nemesis, Senator Temple, stands in the way. This time, the senator is not alone. The heirs of the three oldest clans in the oil business join Temple. An aspiring lawyer with her eye on a supreme court seat, a Navy SEAL with a target on his back, and a dashing blueblood from New York City. Together, they could defeat the enemy without firing a ...