Danny Sixteen

By: William Black

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Sixteen years old. One hell of a choice to make.

Danny Thompson was six when he found his father’s body in the dirt – just after the outlaws rode away. He didn’t see the shot that killed him. He didn’t hear the words exchanged. But he remembers their silhouettes fading into the pines under the glow of moonlight.

A decade later, the same outlaws are back, bringing violence to Danny’s town again.

Now at 16 years old, Danny’s shouldering burdens no kid should bear – a failing ranch, a mother wasting away from grief, a sister scraping by as a widow. The only light in his life is Anna, who swears he’s got more good in him than he knows.

But when the outlaws offer him a cut of their next heist – enough blood money to save everything he loves – Danny’s torn between two hungers: vengeance for the father he lost, or a future with the people he’s got left.

As the final hour approaches, his father’s last lesson echoes: “A man’s worth is measured by what he builds, not what he burns.”

When the shooting starts, Danny will become either the hero his family and town need, or the outlaw they all fear.

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.