Synopsis

A landmark feat of innovation is about to change the American West forever. With electric cables stretching from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, a new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to rest of the country—a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But laying four hundred miles of steel wire can be a deadly task. Chet has to face off with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Chet's nephew JD has his hands full with cutthroat rustlers on the Mexican border. And a pair of outlaws from Chet's past have come seeking revenge for the hangings of the Reynolds clan—revenge that can only be paid with Byrnes family blood...

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 Richard on October 30, 2022

I am going to do something different and try to make a little fun on my review with this one. I will call this my scavenger hunt. when I get a series and like it, I will read the entire series whether there is some bad ones in there or not. One thing is pretty much 100% of the time as as a series go......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on September 28, 2023

Enjoyed One of the better books I’ve read in awhile. Thank you for sharing this story. One comment on longhorns, we ran a longhorn with our heifers because they had less trouble calving first calf, than a large bull created. Of course, our bull was bigger than a Hereford 🤷 Love when an author knows t......more

Goodreads review by Ron on May 26, 2021

Too convoluted and not a believable story line for me.......more

Goodreads review by Anthony R Woods on March 08, 2024

Excellent story telling of how one man made a difference by helping friends and those less fortunate. Lots of action mixed with laughter and love.......more

Goodreads review by Don A. Whitehead, Sr. on February 21, 2020

Another good one ! This was 10th in the series and as good as the 1st nine. I am already mourning the end (only 2 books left).......more