Bøger af James Reasoner

"The race is on to span the continent with steel rails-and someone is willing to do anything to stop it, even if it means spilling rivers of innocent blood! Matthew Faraday is president of the Faraday Security Service, a detective agency specializing in work for the ever-expanding railroad empires. Hired to find out who is stirring up the Sioux and sabotaging the Kansas Pacific line as it builds westward, Faraday sends tough young agent Daniel Britten to the railhead, where he finds himself embroiled with surveyors, track layers, buffalo hunters, and a pair of beautiful young women. But there's a killer stalking the railhead as well, and not only the fate of the railroad but also Britten's very life depends on him uncovering the truth."--

It's 1775, and the Shot Heard 'Round the World has been fired. War has erupted between England and the American colonies. Sent north from Boston by the leaders of the revolution, brothers Daniel and Quincy Reed and their friend Murdoch Buchanan are supposed to join the colonists' effort to capture Fort Ticonderoga, but instead they find themselves enmeshed in a scheme to hijack a valuable shipment of British munitions--and save a beautiful woman's life in the process. At the same time in Boston, Elliot Markham and Roxanne Darragh are drawn deeper into the shadowy world of espionage, where unexpected developments will have a vital bearing on the war--and will change everything for them personally as they are stalked by a sinister, treacherous adversary.The acclaimed series Patriots continues with the second volume, REBEL GUNS, another action-packed, richly detailed historical adventure novel from master storyteller James Reasoner. From the forests of Vermont to the back alleys of Boston, the dangerous early days of the American Revolution come to thrilling life in this fast-moving tale!

As the siege of Boston continues in the autumn of 1775, Daniel Reed returns to the city to search for his missing lover Roxanne Darragh, a risky move since Daniel is known to be a patriot spy and the Redcoats would like nothing better than a chance to hang him or put him in front of a firing squad. But Daniel's love for Roxanne will not allow him to abandon his quest.Unknown to Daniel, Roxanne has been taken prisoner by Major Alistair Kane, a ruthless British officer who intends to extract the details of the patriots' espionage network from her, one way or the other. Even worse, this information is not the only thing Major Kane intends to force her to surrender to him.Daniel's cousin Elliot Markham assists him in the search for Roxanne while at the same time dealing with a new and deadly threat from a shadowy group known as the Liberty Legion which targets Tories in Boston, not out of patriotism but to further a sinister agenda of their own.Meanwhile, on the frontier, Daniel's brother Quincy and rugged frontiersman Murdoch Buchanan continue their pilgrimage to the Ohio River Valley along with the beautiful Cordelia Faulkner and Mariel Jarrott, as well as Cordelia's father Gresham Howard and Mariel's young brother Dietrich. Stalked by the crazed and bloodthirsty Reverend Jason Sabbath and his renegade Mohawk warriors, the travelers will face danger and life-changing events before reaching the paradise they seek.LIFE AND LIBERTY continues the critically acclaimed Patriots series by bestselling author James Reasoner. Rich with detail, packed with action and excitement, the Revolutionary War era comes alive in this series from a master storyteller.

William M. "Bill" Tilghman had one of the most illustrious careers of any Old West lawman, serving as sheriff, town marshal, and deputy United States marshal in some of the toughest places west of the Mississippi. But he faced perhaps his greatest and most dangerous challenge when he rode alone into the wild Oklahoma Territory settlement of Burnt Creek on the trail of a gang of rustlers and outlaws with some unexpected allies . . . THE LAWMAN, by New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner, is the first novel in a new series from the Western Fictioneers, West of the Big River. These are brand-new, original short novels inspired by real-life characters and actual events from the exciting, colorful history of the American frontier, written by today's leading Western authors including Robert J. Randisi, Michael Newton, Jackson Lowry, Frank Roderus, Bill Crider, Matthew P. Mayo, James J. Griffin, and many others. Don't miss any of these action-packed short novels that showcase the best of the American West!

Big Earl rides again, and in large print! Earl Stark was once a fast-shooting stagecoach guard in Texas before taking up the study of law, becoming an attorney, and eventually being appointed a federal district court judge. Now he combines a keen legal mind with a frontiersman's gun-handy toughness to bring justice to the Old West. One of New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner's most popular characters, Judge Earl Stark is back in a brand-new 27,000 word short novel full of action and mystery. THE SILVER ALIBI finds him dealing with feuding mine owners, bushwhackers, cold-blooded murder, and a wild ruckus that lands Judge Stark himself behind bars before he can nab a ruthless killer. If you haven't met Big Earl yet, now's your chance!

Desperation grows during the winter of 1775-76, in the early days of the Revolutionary War. Inside besieged Boston, patriot secret agent Elliot Markham faces new danger from an unexpected source as the city begins to starve around him and buildings are torn down for firewood. Elliot's cousin Daniel Reed joins a patriot expedition to Fort Ticonderoga to retrieve the artillery that may make a difference in the war, but getting those cannon back to Boston through an icy, snow-covered wilderness is a deadly challenge--especially when there's a traitor in the patriots' midst. On the frontier, Daniel's brother Quincy Reed and the legendary woodsman Murdoch Buchanan have found a new home in the settlements along the Ohio River, but an unexpected development is about to change everything for them. And in England, Daniel's lover Roxanne Darragh is imprisoned by a British spymaster with more than one reason to want to see her dead!CANNON'S CALL is the fifth book in the exciting Patriots series by New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner. It's packed with action, rich in historical details, and filled with unforgettable characters. The early days of a struggling new nation come to vivid life in CANNON'S CALL!

In Virginia, brothers Daniel and Quincy Reed are reunited, along with their families, just in time for the two young men and their friend, frontiersman Murdoch Buchanan, to set off on a desperate mission involving Thomas Jefferson that could change the course of a new nation's destiny, while enemies from the past threaten the life and happiness of beautiful Roxanne Darragh. At the same time, in New York, patriot secret agent Elliot Markham sets out to unravel a Tory plot against George Washington that could prove equally disastrous to the colonies' attempt to win freedom. Everything converges on Philadelphia in July of 1776, as the fate of the boldest venture in human history hangs in the balance!The critically acclaimed Patriots series comes to a rousing conclusion in STARS AND STRIPES, as master storyteller James Reasoner spins a compelling tale of action, romance, and historical intrigue. The early days of the Revolutionary War come alive in this richly detailed saga of perilous, momentous times and the people who lived through them.

The colonists' war against the British has caused the Reed brothers to go their separate ways. Quincy Reed is headed west to the Ohio River Valley with rugged frontiersman Murdoch Buchanan, a journey on which they will find themselves battling a crazed clergyman and a British scheme to enlist the Mohawk Indians as allies against the colonists. Daniel Reed returns to Cambridge in hopes of being reunited with the woman he loves, Roxanne Darragh, but before that can happen, he must survive the bloody chaos of the Battle of Bunker Hill. And in Boston itself, Elliot Markham has perhaps the most vital task of all: he must uncover the identity of a British spy before the turncoat's treachery can doom the fight for freedom almost before it begins!THE TURNCOAT is the third exciting volume in Patriots, the critically acclaimed historical saga from bestselling author James Reasoner. As always, it's a passionate, richly detailed, action-packed tale of dangerous times and desperate men and women as they struggle to establish a new nation and find their own destinies at the same time.

Logan Handley was a gun for hire, a man feared far and wide for his speed and deadly accuracy with a Colt. But then a mysterious malady struck him down and left him a mere shell of the man he had been. Running out of time and seeking help from a famous doctor in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Logan unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of a war between two ruthless timber barons. Not only that, but a dangerous enemy from his past is stalking him as well. No longer able to rely on the fighting skills that garnered him a reputation as a notorious gunman, Logan has to figure out a way to save himself and his new-found friends from violence and tragedy.DANCING WITH DEAD MEN is the milestone 300th novel from legendary New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner. Part Western, part historical novel, part psychological thriller, it's packed with stirring action and compelling characterization. DANCING WITH DEAD MEN is a masterful tale by one of the top storytellers of our time!Never before published, full-length 64,000 word novel.

In 1773, brothers Daniel and Quincy Reed come to Boston from Virginia to continue their educations, only to find destiny waiting for them instead. Talk of rebellion fills the city, and Daniel and Quincy find themselves drawn into the growing movement to free the colonies from England. Revolution is in the air, and for the Reed brothers and their cousin Elliot Markham, the beautiful Roxanne Darragh and Sarah Cummings, and the treacherous Avery Wallingford, so are romance, betrayal, and danger!New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner turns his legendary storytelling skills to the early days of the American Revolution in SONS OF LIBERTY, the first volume in the critically acclaimed Patriots series. John Adams, Nathan Hale, and many other historical figures come to life in these thrilling novels that explore the beginnings of the United States. Packed with action, rich in character and detail, SONS OF LIBERTY is an exciting blend of history and fiction, a tale told by a master.

FORT WORTH NIGHTS reprints all the short fiction featuring Cody, the private eye protagonist of New York Times best-selling author James Reasoner's first novel, the cult classic TEXAS WIND. Available for the first time in one place are the acclaimed stories "Dead in Friday", "The Elephant's Graveyard", "The Spanish Blade", "The Safest Place in the World", and "In the Blood". Plus, FORT WORTH NIGHTS marks the first publication anywhere of the first new Cody story in nearly 25 years, a 10,000 word novelette entitled "Assisted Dying". Over 50,000 words in collection. Ed Gorman calls Cody's first appearance TEXAS WIND "one of the finest private eye novels I've ever read . . . a virtually perfect utterance, a story of a man, an era, and a place". If you haven't made Cody's acquaintance yet, FORT WORTH NIGHTS is the perfect introduction.

Welcome to Wolf Creek. Here you will find many of your favorite authors, working together as Ford Fargo to weave a complex and textured series of Old West adventures like no one has ever seen. The lawmen of Wolf Creek have stymied cattle baron Andrew Rogers at every turn, and he is getting desperate. Desperate enough for one final gamble... Appearing as Ford Fargo in this volume: James Reasoner Cheryl Pierson James J. Griffin Clay More Big Jim Williams Troy D. Smith

Sir Gault the Red was once the fiercest knight in all Malachar, but that was before age and a life of peace reduced him to a shadow of the warrior he once was. Now his epic battles against the fyredrakes, the race of reptilian monsters that terrorized the countryside in times past, are just a memory...until an unexpected encounter prods him into a desperate attempt to recapture past glories.Keldrick is the last of his kind, a giant fyredrake whose flaming breath once blazed a path of destruction across the land. He wants only to reach the legendary northland where others like him may still be found...but his journey will also be one last rampage of fire, death, and devastation across the domain of the hated humans.These two natural adversaries are fated to meet, but before they do both will be drawn into a web of deceit, ambition, and lust that will leave them questioning who are the real monsters, humans or fyredrakes!THE FYREDRAKE'S PREY is a gritty fantasy saga packed with bloody action and unexpected heroism from New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller James Reasoner, a never before published 70,000 word novel available only from Rough Edges Press.

Small-time crook Nick Paulson was pulled back from the brink of death by a blond goddess on an old red tractor. Wounded in an attempted mob execution, Nick thinks that the Texas farm where he finds himself recuperating from his injuries will be a good place to hide out from the men who want to kill him. But what he discovers there might turn out to be even more dangerous . . .TRACTOR GIRL is a brand-new hardboiled crime novel in the classic mold of the 1950s Gold Medals from legendary yarnspinner James Reasoner, author of TEXAS WIND, DUST DEVILS, and DIAMONDBACK. Set in rural Texas in the early Fifties, filled with lust, obsession, greed, and violence and told at a breakneck pace, TRACTOR GIRL is redneck noir at its finest.

This collection brings together all of legendary author James Reasoner's science fiction stories in one place, including two never before published. Set on Earth, the Moon, and distant planets, these stories range from the retro hardboiled private eye yarn "Terran Girls Make Wonderful Wives" to the Western-influenced "The Border Shift". Set on a hardscrabble mining planet, the melancholy "Bugeyes" explores the relationship between humans and aliens, while "Season of Storms" and the title story take place on near-future Earths that have dangers and challenges all their own. These five novellas and novelettes add up to 50,000 words of science fiction adventure!

When a group of buffalo hunters gets into a scuffle with a party of Indians, the end results are tragic-leaving all but one of the Indians dead. With the sole survivor on his way to rally the rest of his tribe for vengeance, the buffalo hunters hightail it to the closest settlement, putting Redemption and new Marshall Bill Harvey in the middle of a range war...

Following the defeat of Confederate forces at Chattanooga in November 1863, the battered Rebel army retreats to winter quarters at Dalton, Georgia. Sherman's March to the Sea is now complete, and despair grips the Confederacy. Fractured and defeated at every turn, the nation asks itself how much longer it can continue to fight in this ninth volume.

Paperback release of Book 8 in the Civil War Battle Series.

In this seventh volume of the ten-volume Civil War Battle Series, the action spans the area from Pennsylvania and Virginia to Georgia, Mississippi, and Illinois.The seven members of the Brannon clan of Culpeper County, Virginia, experience a wide range of the many hardships of war. The Southern setbacks of July 1863 have fallen hard on the Brannons, for two sons were with Lee in Pennsylvania and one was at Vicksburg. They still mourn the loss another, Titus, presumed dead but actually interned in a Northern prison camp for seven months.Mac Brannon, in Stuart's cavalry, helps to protect the Army of Northern Virginia as it withdraws to Virginia. Of special concern to him are the ambulance wagons, one of which carries his wounded brother, Will. In Vicksburg, Cory Brannon recuperates from an illness, and as his health returns he looks for ways to escape the Union occupation and join Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry. In the Yankee prison camp outside of Chicago, Titus is determined to escape and make his way home. He does not yet know the price of his freedom. Cory and his comrades connect with Forrest just in time for the action at Chickamauga.Although the battle goes well for the Confederates, Forrest and his commander, Braxton Bragg, have a falling out. Circumstances dictate that Cory remain with Braxton Bragg in the Confederate camps that encircle Chattanooga, but when Bragg decides to outwait the Union army trapped before him, the scene is set for the arrival of a new Federal commander-U.S. Grant.

Vicksburg is the fifth volume in a series of historical novels spanning the Civil War featuring the Brannon family of Culpeper County, Virginia. The focus turns to the west and the Southern stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Cory Brannon is working to keep the town supplied by wagon train and railroad from Texas.Vicksburg is the key to the Mississippi River and the future of the Confederacy, and Abraham Lincoln wants to put that key in his pocket. For almost a year the Federal army and navy have tried to dislodge the Confederates, but they have gained nothing. Finally, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the hero of the battles at Forts Henry and Donelson and the battle of Shiloh, is dispatched to take the town.Cory and the woman he loves, Lucille Farrell, are working with her uncle, Col. Charles Thompson, and a small contingent of dedicated Southerners. In the spring of 1863, as the Union army begins to close in, Cory must abandon that venture to take on a vital mission for Confederate Gen. John Pemberton, the commander in charge of Vicksburg's defenses. At the end of Cory's journey, however, is an even more dangerous foray into Western Tennessee and over the border into Kentucky with the horse soldiers of Nathan Bedford Forrest, Cory's mentor from the battle of Shiloh. To help save Vicksburg, Cory becomes both a cavalry raider and even a spy.Yet his efforts cannot prevent the inevitable as the Yankees eventually surround and lay siege to Vicksburg. With the Northern army set to seize the city, Lucille must also cope with additional challenges as she encounters a returning friend with secret plans of his own. The Federal bombardment, illness, injury, and starvation all take their toll on the defenders of Vicksburg, forcing Cory and Lucille to face decisions that threaten not only their love but their very lives.

"A mixed-race outlaw gang terrorizes the border territory between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, committing brutal robberies, rapes, and abductions of women and girls for sale as slaves to oligarchs in their homeland and points farther south. After one of his friends from the Rangers dies pursuing them, G.W. Braddock swears vengeance and embarks on a one-man crusade to end their depredations, rescuing their hostages if possible, while caught unwillingly between government and rebel forces in the early days of the long-running Mexican Revolution."--Provided by publisher.

New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner returns with another gritty, fast-moving tale of the Outlaw Ranger.Lured by the Mexican government's bounty for Native American scalps, a ruthless gang led by serial killer John Grafton roams both sides of the Tex-Mex border, killing hapless travelers and raiding isolated villages, slaying anyone-Native, Hispanic, even dark-haired whites-whose scalps may be translated into cash across the Rio Grande. G.W. Braddock, at loose ends between paying jobs at the moment, teams with a survivor of one massacre to track the killers down and bring them to rough justice, dodging federales and rogue tribesmen in the process.From one adventure to the next, Braddock soon becomes involved in the Chamizal dispute between Mexico and the U.S.. Unclaimed land on the border led to a 385-acre Cordova Island, described as a "haven of crime" and smuggling which remained lawless through the years of U.S. Prohibition, and now Braddock is needed to avenge a crime. Outlaw Ranger, Volume 4 includes: Scalp Hunters and Six-Gun Island.

From best-selling author and legendary storyteller James Reasoner comes another action-packed, fast-paced saga of life in the Old West. A band of killers swoop down on a Mexican village, slaughtering the men and carrying off the women as prisoners. In Texas, a train is held up, American soldiers are murdered, and a valuable shipment of rifles is stolen.G.W. Braddock knows there's a connection between these two bloody incidents, but to discover the truth and keep the border country from erupting in chaos and violence, he'll have to risk his life more than once in a maze of double-crosses and danger!Stripped of his authority by corrupt politicians, G.W. Braddock still carries the badge of a Texas Ranger-with a bullet hole in the center to show that he'll go wherever he has to and do whatever it takes to bring justice to the Lone Star State!Outlaw Ranger, Volume 3 includes: Gun Devils of the Rio Grande and Black Gold.

New York Times bestselling author James Reasoner returns to the Old West in this gritty, compelling action-packed saga! A savage ambush - twenty men slaughtered in a brutal massacre and a fortune in gold stolen - was a crime big enough and bold enough to bring the Outlaw Ranger to the wide-open settlement of Cemetery Butte. No atrocity prepared G.W. Braddock for the evil that awaited him, stretching bloody hands out of the past. From one showdown to the next, Braddock finds himself with an unexpected ally: an ancient Indian who claims to be the last war chief of the Comanche. This time around, their pursuit will lead them to a bloody showdown on the Texas plains, with the lives of innocents hanging in the balance! Outlaw Ranger, Volume 2 includes: Blood and Gold and The Last War Chief.

Best-selling author and legendary storyteller James Reasoner introduces a man haunted by the past and fighting to make a place for himself in the violent world of the Old West. G.W. Braddock was raised to be a Texas Ranger and never wanted anything else. But then he's stripped of his badge through no fault of his own and a corrupt system turns the vicious killer Tull Coleman loose on the people of the Lone Star State. Now, Braddock has to decide if he's going to follow the law-or carry out the job he was born to do, even if it means becoming an outlaw himself! Outlaw Ranger, Volume One includes: Outlaw Ranger and Hangman's Knot.