Son of the Desert

Missie Pickard is dead. Main street has burned. And the outlaw that pulled the trigger has disappeared into the scorched Arizona desert.

The townspeople demand justice.

When young miner Miles McLean returns home to find his town in ruins, he wants justice as much as anybody.

Miles must find Willy Helm, the murderous bank robber seen fleeing the scene of the crime…

Willy Helm. He’ll kill for money and he’ll kill for fun. Nobody has come close enough to collect the bounty on his head.

As Miles searches alone in the sweltering desert, he finds himself entangled in bloody Apache wars and savage frontier towns. Allies seem far between.

Until he crosses path with Lucie Pickard, Missie’s sister.

Lucie thinks she is bringing Missie home. But instead, she has to bury her. Now she wants revenge.

With both their sights set on Willy Helm, Miles and Lucie draw their guns and fight their way along the outlaw’s trail of blood.

Can they overcome the relentless evil hiding in the Arizona wastelands? Or will they join the forgotten bones of those who already tried?

Another classic western with respectful romance and women as strong frontier folk from author William Black.

Note: Each book in the American Post-Civil War Westerns series is a standalone story that can be read out of order.