Creed Of The Mountain Man

A cattle thief has crossed Smoke Jensen—and he's about to get stampeded—in this fast-paced Western in the New York Times bestselling series. Do unto others—before they do unto you . . . With a brace of Colt .44s, a deadly aim, and a bullet-shredded Bible, Lazarus Cain has already made a name for himself in Texas. Bent on pilfering a herd of cattle and a team of horses, Cain makes a big mistake when he crosses Smoke Jensen, because Smoke's going to blow Cain back to his maker. But not before he gives him a flaming taste of hell—Mountain Man style . . .

New York Times bestselling series: Smoke Jensen makes his way to San Francisco to sort out a case of gold, gangs, and a madam's mysterious death . . . In the depth of a cruel High Lonesome winter comes a cryptic message for Smoke Jensen. The letter tells of skullduggery by gold barons, railroad magnates, and Chinese tongs in San Francisco. Smoke knows only one person in the city by the bay: the well-rounded, open-natured Francie, mistress of one of the town's most notorious pleasure palaces. Smoke once rescued her from raiding Cheyenne, but now Madame Francie is mysteriously dead . . . and Smoke's arrival in San Francisco is less than welcoming. Then, on the waterfront, he learns of a plot by the wealthy, the mighty, and the deadly to expand their stronghold over the region's gold-rich lands. Beating a trail into the High Sierras, Smoke recruits a band of angry prospectors, ranchers, and farmers for a final showdown that could be the end of Smoke Jensen . . .

Mountain man Smoke Jensen is determined to make Sugarloaf the best cattle ranch in Colorado but first he must take on a ruthless gang of rustlers.

LIVE BY THE WEST. DIE BY THE WEST. Smoke Jensen has tried to make peace with the land -- and the past. But trying to outrun a reputation as a fearless gunslinger in the wilds of Colorado can be life's toughest game. Especially when you're playing against fate. This time it's calling Smoke to the restless Wyoming range, to fight the bloodiest private war in American history. In Johnson County, vigilantes have become the law. Cattle rustlers have turned the great Powder River red with the blood of the innocent. And nothing's going to stop the renegades from going barrel to barrel to pilfer the best grazing land in the Territory. But they've finally met their match in the likes of the kill-or-be-killed legend, Smoke Jensen. As the body count rises as high as the Rockies, the trail-hardened pioneer is set to strap on his brand of .44 caliber justice -- and teach these outlaws the real meaning of the word hell.

USA Today bestselling Author: It's war on the Wyoming range, and Smoke Jensen aims to restore order . . . Live by the West . . . Die by the West . . . Smoke Jensen has tried to make peace with the land—and the past. But trying to outrun a reputation as a fearless gunslinger in the wilds of Colorado can be life's toughest game. Especially when you're playing against fate. This time it's calling Smoke to the restless Wyoming range, to fight the bloodiest private war in American history. In Johnson County, vigilantes have become the law. Cattle rustlers have turned the great Powder River red with the blood of the innocent. And nothing's going to stop the renegades from going barrel to barrel to pilfer the best grazing land in the Territory. But they've finally met their match in the likes of the kill-or-be-killed legend Smoke Jensen. As the body count rises as high as the Rockies, the trail-hardened pioneer is set to strap on his brand of .44 caliber justice—and teach these outlaws the real meaning of the word hell.

What obfuscated harbinger awaits an individual during any offered period of stated fate?That query answer depends, in part, upon independent decision within a given pulse of time.Faith! Family! Freedom! Might just be all the reality there isIn one eternal instant the only mercy judgment will be---His!Seeking the turquoise glacier hugging barren slopes in the High Lonesome which the mountain man had first sighted some fifty years prior, this last sojourn to reach his beloved cave house to reunite with his lost family, Indian wife, Shenectawah, their son, Wild Eagle and the little Indian girl, Waleah, pits nature, fate and a pernicious history against the traveler's intent. Knowledge, perseverance and understanding guide the old man to his past, through the now and into the future where he hopes to find peace. A challenge to character revealed in the shining light of truth awaits; solace found, comes in facing the reality of what a truly noble life might be.Living his beliefs, the mountain man derives supreme satisfaction from a good and worthy life. Love found, abandoned, newly discovered, lost again; finally, an attempt to renew lost love and a realization of true emotion. The search brings the frontier man fae to face with his own reality, offering learning of a deep nature, not only the highlights of life, but, profound meaning in its very existance. That a man might know his virtue is knowledge worthwhile; to challenge all his beliefs, holding dear the treasures capable of standing objective scrutiny while reasonably abandoning misinterpreted conclusions, attests to the depth of good character, leading to satiated happiness of a true nature.Relive a time of personal development in tha majestic Rocky Mountains; inhale a breath of Freedom! See vistas experienced in masterpiece paintings found in the works of masters who caught the very essence of the wild frontier on canvas. A plethora of information about the characters of the west living in the 1800's becomes available through the life and times of the mountain man. Civilization comes west to displace the indiginous Indian tribes, their way of life through centuries displacing their culture and society with "modern" elements to which they were neither ready to embrace nor able to properly assimilate. The "Iron Horse" stands as the epitome of their challenges to the coming of the white man.Raw passion, a sense of duty, guilt, unanswered questions about his past; these enigmas become his nemesis; not unlike modern man a century and a half later, these troublesome wraiths must be unmasked, faced with honest integrity and finally dispensed with in a timely manner. Only the light of truth can identify and, at last, dispell the ghosts which haunt tranquility.In the end, the mountain man finds a niche for disposal of his found-wealth in an unexpected discovery; while harboring a subconscious desire for a long-lost love, he stumbles upon a worthy mission. Serindipidy! often, the best medicine is the least expected, for the sake of everyone involved. Experience those nostalgic offerings of mid-nineteenth century Rocky Mountain adventure; high times in a savage environment spiced with Rendezvous, romance, tradtiion, the "Iron Horse", coming civilization brought to the wild frontier by real men and women hell-bent on finding a better life in a new land. Yet, for some, that distant echo haunts a past necessary to revisit if only to quell the troublesome wraiths within an imaginative mind. Before a soul might rest and free a spirit to soar upon the wild blue, roaming ghosts must face the light of truth as a man tethers his errant wandering fears.While modern, sophisticated society will create drama in hope of eliciting excitement to some scant degree within a mundane experience, the awesome meanderings through the life and times of an intrepid history beckon body, soul and spirit to another dimension; indeed, a better place.Find solace and serenity through ope

THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURY Smoke Jensen never wanted to kill, but fate had other plans, and the Mountain Man has left plenty of blood, tears and fury in his wake. Angus MacDougal, the father of one of Smoke's victims, wants revenge. Riding up to Big Rock, Colorado, MacDougal has decided that killing Smoke won't be enough. He intends to bring him back to Pueblo and hang him before a crowd. It's a bloodthirsty plan that might have worked, except for a beautiful young woman, and the small knife she slips into Smoke's hand. Suddenly Smoke is on the run in the Colorado wilderness with no gun, no supplies, and twenty armed men in pursuit. Once, a man named Preacher taught Smoke how to survive in this wilderness. Now, as a brutal winter bears down, the Mountain Man will use those lessons well—not only to fight his way out alive, but also for vengeance of his own. . .