Synopsis

Arizona Is Hard Country... Chet Byrnes is building a new life in Arizona Territory as he expands his cattle ranching operation - but trouble just keeps coming. A brutal Apache attack on his cattle drive. A friend's young daughter is abducted, and the search leads Chet and his men to the wild town of Tombstone and ultimately south of the border, where everything comes with a price...and life is cheap. And Chet Brynes Is A Hard Man...As much as Chet longs to stay close to home and his beloved wife, friends and family continue to need his brand of help. He's able to track stagecoach robbers and face down threats to his kin. But the pursuit of a band of ruthless rustlers ends in a devastating tragedy for the Brynes family...

About Dusty Richards

Western Heritage Award and three-time Spur Award winner Dusty Richards authored over 100 acclaimed westerns. He spent his youth in Arizona and worked as a rancher, auctioneer, rodeo announcer, and TV anchor before he moved to writing full-time, going on to become the only author ever to win two Spur Awards from Western Writers of America in one year (2007). He received his third Spur Award for The Mustanger and the Lady, which was adapted into the film Painted Woman. An inductee of the Arkansas Writers Hall of Fame, Dusty was also the recipient of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Fiction and was honored by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2009. He was a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the International Professional Rodeo Association, and served on the local PRCA rodeo board.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bea on January 14, 2023

Enjoyed it. The story involved several adventures seeing justice prevailed. Liked references to places I know- Belen and Socorro- for example and to historical figures like Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on November 03, 2020

Another winner... This book was especially enjoyable for me since I know well the area where it takes place. I liked, too, getting to know the characters better and meeting new ones. I’ll start Book 5 right away.......more

Goodreads review by Lyle on November 13, 2017

My first read in the Byrnes Family novels. Should have started with the first one, not the 3rd. At times hard to follow because situations and characters set in the first 2 novels I did not know about. None the less enjoyed the book......more

Goodreads review by Joseph A. Elliott on October 16, 2023

Wow Another great now what will happen to J. D. Guess we gotta read on and find out. Great loved it......more

Goodreads review by Bill on September 29, 2020

Not so much a novel as a collection of adventures centered around the developing ranching empire.......more