Jory Sherman

"Mountain men Lemuel and Morgan Hawke have known violence back East, but nothing like the bloody brutality they will face in the rich fur-trapping forests of the High Rockies. Not only must they battle rivers that flood and freezing blizzards, they will confront the menace of evil men, murderous fur traders who will kill them for their boots--hell, for their heels--as well as face deadly warriors who are desperate to drive outsiders away from their...

Young Anson Baron has always known cattle-ranching was dangerous, that he could be trampled or gored by the Barons' mighty longhorns. With his father, Martin, nowhere to be found, Anson comes of age as he confronts new dangers: revenge, betrayal, and treachery.

At the far western edge of the Great Plains, where the prairie meets the mountains, flows the South Platte, drawing farmers, traders and trappers to land long held sacred by two proud tribes. As the pioneers stake claims beside the pure waters of the rive

Through a harsh land of mesquite and prickly pear, scattered oaks and carpets of stubborn grass, the Brazos River wound its way south to the Gulf of Mexico. To its banks came settlers from across America, daring men and women who dreamed of owning ranches and farms, building homes for their families, and one day establishing a United States republic in Mexican-held Texas. Among them were Jon Tallman, a wanderer and adventurer with hidden motives and...

A MURDERER IN NAME ONLY Young Jed Brand is on the run. He's wanted for cattle rustling and three killings -- and the harder he rides, the more mayhem and murder he has to his name. The problem is, he's not the one doing it. Silas Colter is as cold and cunning as any other lifelong lawbreaker. After he suckered in Dan and Jed Brand to help drive stolen cattle to Abilene, the scheme went bad, with Colter killing Dan and two lawmen -- and leaving Jed...

"Chip Chippendale met Reese Balleen after the War Between the States, when the two cowboys drove a herd up from Texas together. When Chip laid eyes on Wyoming, he knew he was home, and the two friends split off on different trails. But when Reese's home is burned by a marauding band of Cheyenne warriors, he's faced with ruin--and makes matters worse by gunning down the Cheyenne leader's son. Now a target of the most vicious renegade on the high plains,...

In an eerie preview to the Civil War, the Rio Grande Valley girds itself for battle as Martin Baron, head of the Baron family empire, struggles against greedy Matteo Aguilar, who threatens everything that Martin has built for himself. When Aguilar sends his vaqueros and assassins to take the Barons down, he starts a bloody war that won't stop until one of them is dead. As the treachery continues to escalate, the Barons find themselves in a life-or-death-struggle...

From Spur Award-winning author Jory Sherman comes the final novel in his acclaimed Shadow Rider series A rebellion is brewing in the New Mexico territories. Ghost Warrior-a Navajo renegade using the name of a legendary fallen warrior-is stirring up fear and bloodlust. Under orders from President Ulysses S. Grant, Zak Cody-the elusive enforcer they call "Shadow Rider"-heads into the unknown to confront the killer. When he reaches his destination...

Those who inhabit the harsh, beautiful, blood-red land between Tucson and Fort Bowie have never seen the like of the Shadow Rider-who appears out of nowhere and vanishes just as suddenly in the desert heat. Now death and lies surround him again. The Apache are under siege for murders they didn't commit-and Cody's riding hell-for-leather into a war where nothing's what it seems. But his mission is to get to the truth . . . and to kill the cause of...

Dane Kramer looks forward to the day when his sprawling Oklahoma cattle ranch will truly be his. With only one more bank payment to make, and a buyer in Omaha ready to pay top dollar for a herd of Herefords, he should finally have banker Earl Throckmorton off his back. But Earl has a plan to keep the ranch for himself. If he has his way, Dane's herd will never make it across the Omaha Trail -- and Dane won't make it home alive.