THE OLD RIDER

About the Book

Two cattle men are in a battle for control of the valley near the small twon of Lone Oak, Texas. In their quest for power they bring in gunmen and thugs, the kind of trash no one else would hire. After both ranchers are killed in gunfights the thugs find themselves in control, with no wages being paid out they do what they do best, murder, rob and steal. Joe, a drifting ex cavalry officer trying to outrun the memories of his past and the reputation of a gunfighter, finds himself trapped, held captive by the one thing he was not looking for, the love of a woman!

About the Author

At twenty-six Sherlene and I became husband and wife and it's been a great life. We have three children, ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild and one on the way. Together we've worked logging timber everywhere from the hot humid swamps of Louisanna to the frozen snow covered mountains of Canada. I write about how it feels to have the cold blade of steel cut through flesh and muscle and how it sounds as it grinds across bone. The sledge hammer like blows from the soft lead of a bullet shattering bone and cartlage seeking to take a life. I write about these things because I have lived through them. I never learned to write in a school or classroom, life has been my teacher and that is how I write.