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  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780451187871
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $17.99

The Killing Season



It's the 1870s--Jesse and Frank James lead daring raids on banks and trains. Doc Holliday's name strikes dread in the hearts of men, and Wild Bill Hickok plays poker with bullets in the hole. A young killer named Billy the Kid is hunted by a determined lawman, and a general named Custer takes the Seventh Cavalry into Dakota Territory.

One man rides this untamed frontier like a shadow of death. His name is Nathan Stone, and he learned to kill on the vengeance trail. He would have stopped after settling the score with his parents' savage slayers, but when you're the greatest gunfighter of all, there's no peace or resting place. And it's Nathan Stone's destiny to fight for survival against the most famed and feared figures from Texas to the Black Hills--on both sides of the law....

A gunfighter rides into legend in this western from USA Today bestselling author Ralph Compton.

It was the 1870s—Jesse and Frank James led daring raids on banks and trains. Doc Holliday’s name struck dread in the hearts of men, and Wild Bill Hickok played poker with bullets in the hole. A young killer named Billy the Kid was hunted by a determined lawman, and a General named Custer took the Seventh Cavalry into Dakota Territory.

One man rides this untamed frontier like a shadow of death. His name is Nathan Stone, and he had learned to kill on the vengeance trail. He would have stopped after settling the score with his parents’ savage slayers. But when you’re the greatest gunfighter of all, there’s no peace or resting place. And it’s Nathan Stone’s destiny to fight for survival against the most famed and feared figures from Texas to the Black Hills—on both sides of the law...

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  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780451187871
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $17.99

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Praise for The Killing Season

Praise for Ralph Compton

"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."--Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)

"Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend."--The Huntsville Times (AL)

Praise for Ralph Compton

"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."--Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)

"Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend."--The Huntsville Times (AL)