Vengeance Town

Faded words on yellowed newsprint tell stories of an Apache war party led by a she-wolf. For the frontier newspaperman, Kepler, the accounts beckon him to finish the quest he started in the Colorado mountains. In a battle fought with silver bullets and fire, will Kepler’s courage be enough?

You know the truth. You saw your father murdered right before they tried to kill you. You return home to find that your entire village was destroyed. Everyone you have even known is dead, so what do you do about it? How far are you willing to fall in order to have your vengeance? For one small elf prince, the answer is easy: as far as he has to, even if that means giving up everything that made him who he was. Journey with the young elf prince as he follows the winding trails and explores the darkest corners of the world and his mind, testing his iron will and extraordinary agility with every step. One thing is for sure, no matter how many or which trails he walks, there is only one destination - the man that ordered his entire world destroyed and the man that carried out those orders. The question then becomes: will he live long enough to see this mission through to the end or will his obsession drive him over the edge first?

This volume aims to balance the traditional literature available on medieval feuding with an exploration of other aspects of vengeance and culture in the Middle Ages. A diverse assortment of interdisciplinary essays from scholars in Europe and North America contest or enlarge traditional approaches to and interpretations of vengeance in the Middle Ages. Each essay attempts to clarify the multifaceted experience of vengeance within a specific medieval context”a particular region, a particular text, a particular social movement. By asking what relationship a distinct factor like authorship or religion has with the concept of vengeance, each author points towards the breadth of meanings of medieval vengeance, and to the heart of the deeper and broader questions that spur scholarly interest in the subject. Geographically, the essays in the volume highlight Western Europe (particularly the Anglo-Norman world), Scotland, Ireland, Spain, and Portugal. Thematically, the essays are concerned with heroic cultures of vengeance, vengeance as a legal and political tool, Christian justification and expression of vengeance, literature and the distinction between discourse and reality, and the emotions of vengeance. Methodologically, these interdisciplinary studies incorporate tools borrowed from anthropology, the study of emotion, and modern social and literary theories. This volume is aimed at professional scholars and graduate students within the broad field of medieval studies, including the subfields of history, literature, and religious studies, and is intended to inspire further research on medieval vengeance. However, this collection will also prove interesting to non-medievalists interested in the history of emotion, the justification of human conflict, and the concept of feud and its applicability to specific historical periods.

Long Rider is determined to stop crooked Sheriff John Cleary and local rancher Duval after they illegally take over the biggest spread of land in Arizona high country

Imagine yourself in history, arriving home from the Southern conflict to find your beautiful intended, Sara, ravaged; your home and fields burned and destroyed by black-hearted marauders, your sisters and mother brutalized, and your town and neighbors' lives destroyed--all by the hands of a cowardly mayor, only to protect his holdings and benefited from stolen fortunes. Could you do nothing or would you join the honorable Leland Harris on his Ride of Vengeance? A ride that brings justice to the Harris family, to the township, and to the woman he loves.

Sue decided it was time to make her presence known to both parties: the fellow running toward the gully certainly could not hide for long and, if the rider was indeed an officer, he needed to know that she was there to help. Sue fired the return signal. Although he could not see her, she saw the rider wave. She remained hidden in the gully. She saw the rider pull up just short of what she guessed would be accurate rifle range. The rider dismounted, hobbled his horse and melted into the tall grass. She thought, his actions confirm my guess that it is Guy Grimes. Sue reasoned that Guy Grimes would try to get between the man on foot and the far away woodlands to the east, thus placing him in a box between her and Guy. She slowly started working her way down the gully. At this point, Sue was convinced that Chad Brode had somehow fallen in an unplanned trap between her and a seasoned officer of the law. Her next thought, will good triumph over evil? She would soon learn the answer to her question.

Legendary national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone return with a blistering second installment in the new Stoneface Finnegan series. JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE PEACE COMES FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN. Whether serving justice as a Pinkerton agent or serving drinks as a saloonkeeper, Stoneface Finnegan always lines up his shots to kill . . . GONE TO DEADWOOD The Pinkertons believe Rollie “Stoneface” Finnegan was the best agent to ever wear the badge. So does dewy-eyed Pinkerton hopeful and sleuth-in-training Tish Gray, who’s just arrived in Boar Gulch. As co-owner of Boar Gulch’s Last Drop Saloon, Stoneface is content slinging booze into guts instead of bullets. But when his partner Jubal “Pops” Tennyson needs help to rescue his daughter, Stoneface saddles up to take a hard ride into hell. Their destination is Deadwood, Dakota Territory, the notorious mining town and outlaw haven where folks can dig up a gold fortune or dig their own grave. Pops’ daughter is being held captive by the infamous Al Swearengen, owner of the Gem Theater, supplying whiskey, wagering, and women to the desperate, the destitute, and the dangerous.As naïve, young Tish goes undercover at the Gem to find Pops’ daughter, Stoneface and his partner are pinned down in the Black Hills by every trigger-happy gunslinger looking to collect the dead-or-alive bounty on Stoneface’s head . . . Live Free. Read Hard.