Synopsis

The adopted son of mountain man Smoke Jensen, he has carved out his destiny in the rugged American frontier. His name is Matt Jensen. He lives by the gun -- and surrenders to no one...

Twelve years ago, newspaperman John Bryce saved an innocent man from the hangman's noose. That man was Matt Jensen. In gratitude, Matt gave Bryce four gold nuggets and told him, "If there's ever anything I can do, just let me know." Now, that day has come. As editor of the Fullerton Defender, Bryce has become the target of a powerful -- and ruthless -- English lord. A feared master duelist, his aim is fixed on the Dakota Territories. His weapons are intimidation and violence. And his hired guns are the most sadistic and deadliest prairie rats Matt Jensen has ever known...

About William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling western writer in America, and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over fifty million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the greatest western writer of the twenty-first century."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rob on June 01, 2016

Standard troubles for the Jensen boys, but with a more involved setting and cast. After now reading over two dozen Johnstone Clan stories, this plot is being revisitied again. Usually the town takeover is covered in the Smoke Jensen series. This time, loosely connected Matt Jensen gets a swing at cl......more

Goodreads review by Nolan on December 05, 2022

In the book Deadly Trail, Spirit, Matt Jensen’s horse get shot and dies. Matt gets a new horse, he calls Spirit. In this story, Smoke Jensen tells Matt he would know Spirit anywhere because he raised him. How could he? That first horse is dead. In this story, two of Matt Jensen’s friends are killed......more

Goodreads review by Blake on April 24, 2019

I started reading Westerns to get a feel for a new genera. Don't know enough about them to attempt to write them with any authority. Thought I'd read writers like Louis L'Amour and William W. Johnstone in order to see what a good author can do with them. William W. Johnstone knows his stuff. I like h......more

Goodreads review by Richard on July 26, 2019

I did enjoy the characters and storyline. I notice on at least three of the books in the series you know there’s going to be a knife fight with Mat and to assailants with Matt getting sliced on his side and taking one of them out with the other one running away. He passes out and comes through a few......more

Goodreads review by RICHARD on May 27, 2021

The fight for good vs evil continues in this saga following the life of Matt Jensen. Here an old friend needs Matt to come help fight and English Gentleman who has settled in town with a group of bad cowboys. He sets himself up and the Lord of the manor and wants to create a fiefdom with the other r......more