Kennedy U.S. Marshal

The first adventure in a brand-new Western series from Alfred Wallon! When young Deputy Marshal Pete Hooker is brutally murdered after uncovering a plot to smuggle weapons to revolutionary Miguel Otero, hardened U.S. Marshal Jim Kennedy rides into El Paso to finish the job. But time is running out—the first shipment of rifles has already slipped through, and Otero’s blood-soaked revolution looms. Navigating a viper’s nest of smugglers, corrupt officials, and double-crossers, Kennedy battles ambushes, treachery, and his own limits to stop the next shipment.

The hunt for justice never ends with this brand new Western adventure from Paul L. Thompson and Alfred Wallon! After stopping a weapons shipment bound for Mexico, U.S. Marshal Jim Kennedy and his partner, Don Henderson, have made powerful enemies. The El Paso Ring—a ruthless criminal syndicate—won’t let their plans be derailed so easily. Determined to silence Kennedy for good, they send a trio of deadly gunmen to hunt him down. Unaware of the killers on his trail, Kennedy continues his investigation into the shadowy figures controlling the arms trade.

Marshal Jim Kennedy finds himself at the heart of a deadly plot. After a heated exchange with the uncompromising Judge Isaac Larkin, Kennedy is discovered unconscious beside the judge’s bloody corpse—knife in hand, framed for murder. Stripped of his badge, disavowed by the governor, and hunted by his fellow lawmen, Kennedy has no choice but to escape and seek the truth from the shadows. The El Paso Ring—an insidious network of power and corruption—has finally found a way to bring down its most relentless enemy.

Dan Cochran, the foreman of the Circle H Ranch, is in El Paso jail and will soon have to face trial for the murder of Judge Isaac Larkin in San Angelo. Only when he confesses the murder U.S. Marshal Jim Kennedy will no longer be hunted as an outlaw. But rancher Jonathan Hancock won't allow that. He wants to get his foreman out of jail and eliminate the man who has been causing him and the El Paso Ring major problems: U.S. Marshal Jim Kennedy. Hancock and his men are riding to El Paso, and they have only one goal: Kennedy must die!

U.S. Marshal Jim Kennedy is traveling with his prisoners, Jonathan Hancock and Dan Cochran, on the night train to San Angelo. He is scheduled to reach his destination in the early hours of the following morning. Kennedy has no idea, however, that the bosses behind the El Paso Ring have long known what Kennedy is planning—and they have already devised an insidious plan. The tracks are to be blown up at a specific point, preventing the train from continuing its journey.

Justice rides hard on the Texas frontier, and U. S. Marshal Jim Kennedy is the man to see it done in the sixth installment of the acclaimed Western series by Alfred Wallon. When a powerful rancher confesses to his role in the murder of Judge Larkin, Kennedy learns the truth runs deeper than anyone imagined. Two of the most influential men in Texas—banker David Cunningham and freight magnate Conrad Miller—are revealed as leaders of the ruthless El Paso Ring, a criminal empire that will stop at nothing to protect its profits.