Bøger af Cameron Judd

Cameron Judd serves up a heap of action, adventure, and frontier justice in this fantastic two-volume set sure to please western fans both young and old.In Larimont, John Kendall didn't want to go back home to Larimont, Montana. He had to, though, to investigate the untimely death of his father. Initially, it was believed that Bill Kendall had died in a tragic fire... that is until an autopsy revealed a bullet hole plain as day in Bill's head. But why was the local marshall keeping it a secret? John couldn't quite figure why, so he set out to find the truth for himself.Even after the town drunk was accused of the murder, then conveniently shot dead, John still had his doubts. But the more he investigated his father's death, the more secrets he uncovered-and the more unlikely resistance he met. It seemed there was a passel of folks who didn't want John nosing around, folks with a whole lot to lose if the truth came out. But John wouldn't stop until he dug up the last secret. Even if it was one best left buried and forgotten.In The Treasure of Jericho Mountain, ex-Confederate soldier Jeremy Prine is a man long on honor but short on funds. So when Tom Stuart, the son of an old war partner, asks for his help in recovering a fortune in stolen gold, Prine signs on without hesitation, seeing a chance to retire and finally live the good life. The shipment is stashed deep in the mountains of Colorado on a treacherous trail lined with plenty of bodies. Stuart has the map; he also has a rough-looking bunch on his tail, and he needs Prine's gun for protection. But the closer they come to the money, the less certain Prine is of whom he can trust. For Stuart is a man with a secret, and in this land of blood and betrayal, secrets can kill just as quick as the elements-or a bullet."Judd is a fine action writer." - Publisher's Weekly

Writing as Will Cade, Spur Award Finalist Cameron Judd pens captivating tales of adventure in America's western frontier. Together in a single volume for the first time are two of the best Cade novels published. In Flee The Devil, it was a thief's dream come true. Dex Otie couldn't believe his luck when he saw the railroad trestle collapse, hurtling the Bluefield Golden Special into the gorge below. It got even better when one of the bodies he was robbing turned out to be Wade Murchison, carrying the loot from a bank job. So what if Wade wasn't quite dead yet? Dex could take care of that.Only problem was, Wade didn't die that easily. He lived just long enough to tell his brother, Devil Jack Murchison, who it was who took the money and left him there to die. Now, they didn't call him Devil Jack for nothing, and he wasn't the forgiving type. Dex was in for the fight of his life...In Sawyer's Quest, it appears to be just a simple metal box. But what it contains might very well be worth its weight in gold-or blood. Inside the box is the latest manuscript by famous author Charles Oliver Farnsworth, and there are scads of people who would do just about anything to get their hands on it. But the man who finds the box is Billy Sawyer, and all he wants to do is return it to its rightful owner. So Billy sets off for Dodge City, where Farnsworth is scheduled to appear. All along the way, though, Billy is trailed by shady characters, threatened by mysterious strangers, and set upon by ruthless hardcases. How can Billy complete his quest when it looks like every con man and killer in the West is dead set on relieving him of the responsibility of that box?"Judd is a fine action writer." - Publisher's Weekly

Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist Cameron Judd brings the Old West to life with gripping tales of the wild frontier in these two, full-length standalone novels.In Stalker's Creek, Matthew Fadden is a young man with a lot to live up to. His grandfather is the legendary Temple Fadden, a frontiersman nearly as famous as Davy Crockett. But all Matthew's celebrated grandfather gave him was the chip on his shoulder and a Henry rifle, with a stock custom carved by the old frontiersman himself. So when the rifle is stolen, Matthew isn't about to let the culprit get away with it. He sets out to track down the thief, following rumors and a cold trail that leads him straight to the mining camp called Stalker's Creek, a tough camp filled with saloons and brothels, a place prone to trouble.And thus the stage is set for an explosive confrontation worthy of the greatest battles in Western history, real or imagined.In Genesis Rider, when he was a boy, back in a California mining camp, Micah Ward learned the hard way to keep his mouth shut. He saw Tipton Barth commit a horrible murder, but when Barth's brother threatened his family, Micah testified that he saw nothing. Tipton went free, and Micah tried to live with his guilt. He turned to the Good Book, and he became a preacher, intent on putting the past behind him and doing what he could to atone by way of good deeds.But the past caught up with him one day in the form of a stranger with a tragic story of his own. The stranger's family had been murdered in Montana-by a man named Tipton Barth. Micah knew what he had to do. He had to make a final atonement for that lie in his youth that turned a killer loose to kill again. Micah set out on a manhunt for Barth, armed with his Bible and the Holy Trinity-a shotgun, a rifle, and a pistol."Judd is a fine action writer." - Publisher's Weekly

When Deborah Bledsoe's father hears that his daughter may still be alive after being abducted by Cherokee raiders, he hires Crawford Flynn to find her, not knowing that Flynn's tracking skills have been exaggerated. The better bet is Flynn's son Simeon, who actually has the ability to track Deborah through the wilds of the vast, untamed West...

Cameron Judd's ability to capture the spirit of adventure and promise of the wild frontier with writing that is powerful, authoritative, and respectful of America's frontier traditions is on full display in these two, full-length standalone novels.In The Gallowsman, Ben Woolard is a man ready to start over. The life he's leaving behind is none too pretty, filled with ghosts and pain. When he lost his wife and children, he took to the bottle so hard he almost couldn't find his way out again. And his career as a Union spy during the war still doesn't sit quite right with him, even if the man sent to the gallows by his testimony was a murderer. But now Ben's finally sobered up, moved west to Colorado, staked out a claim, and put the past behind him.But sometimes the past won't lie still. Sometimes it just won't stay buried. And, as Ben learns when folks start telling him that the man he saw hanged is still alive and in town-sometimes those ghosts come back.Henry Kidd, Outlaw: In the waning days of the Civil War, a Unionist farmer is brutally murdered, leaving behind a wife and three daughters-and his only son. The family gives young Marsh Perkins a grim duty. He is to track down Henry Kidd, the man who killed his father, and either kill him or bring him back to face justice. Young Marsh is the best hunter in the mountains, and there is no one else to do the job, so he sets out alone, from Tennessee through Arkansas and Texas, one young man on the trail of a ruthless outlaw. And Kidd's trail is easy to follow-wherever he goes bodies tend to be left behind. But what will Marsh do when he finally catches up with Kidd? Will he be able to avenge his father's death, or will he become just another body in Henry Kidd's wake?"Judd is a fine action writer." - Publisher's Weekly

Following the War of Independence against the British Crown, a band of Tennessee settlers begins to carve out a new state in a young nation but face the opposition of the federal government and bloody resistance from the Chickamauga Indians. In this untamed land Owen Killefer, a slender lad barely in his teens, will face a trial by fire at the hands of white men and Indians alike -- and find within himself a stout spirit as strong as that of any frontiersman.The third volume in The Tennessee Frontier Trilogy, The Canebrake Men is a saga of adventure set in the period from 1785 to 1800. In it Cameron Judd paints a portrait of the unforgettable men and women whose vision, passion, and pain gave rise to the new nation, such as:-- Joshua Coulter, who had made a life amid the dangers of the rugged frontier and had been tamed by the Tennessee Wilderness, only to discover again a deep restlessness that stirred in his heart-- Owen Killefer, who set out for the Chickamauga country as a boy to avenge a bloody crime-- Emaline Killefer, who was torn from her family in a bloody raid by a British deserter and taken to live among the Chickamauga as his unwilling wife-- John Sevier, the frontiersman who led raids against the Indians and was named governor of a would-be state the federal government never recognized-- Andrew Jackson, a brash young lawyer with a fiery temper, who first met Joshua Colter as an opponent in a brawl but soon became a strong ally and loyal friend

Writing with power, authority, and respect for America's frontier traditions, Cameron Judd captures the spirit of adventure and promise of the wild frontier in these two full-length novels in one volume. The lawmen call him Cherokee Joe, but his given name is Joe Wolfkiller. He's a rebellious half-breed wanderer wanted for numerous crimes in the Indian Territory. Despite the danger, Joe ventures back into the Cherokee Nation when he learns his father is at Death's door. Deceived by the white man and deeper in trouble, he befriends an eccentric old Indian who carries an ulunsuti, an ancient crystal credited with awesome, but fickle, powers. Joe agrees to help the old man in his final quest: to find his long-lost daughter and bequeath to her the mighty legacy of their people... a journey that will bring bitter vengeance and mortal danger.In Jerusalem Camp, when a mysterious, on the lam drifter named Tellico rides into the isolated Sierra Mountains town of Jerusalem Camp, he soon finds himself snowed in by a fierce winter storm in a town where an unknown killer has begun stalking the populace for reasons no one can seems to fathom. Killing with a long knife and further mutilating his victims by severing one thumb, the unseen murderer soon begins leaving hints that his actions may not be as random as they appear... As he is drawn into the effort to find and stop the "Gray Man" who terrorizes the town, Tellico joins with the local blacksmith-turned-reluctant-town-marshal in trying to determine why death has descended upon Jerusalem Camp, and just what, and whose, long-buried sin it is that the Gray Man is determined to avenge."Brilliant characterizations . . . The classically suspenseful, neatly ironic ending is flawless." - Publishers Weekly (for Jerusalem Camp)

Spur Award Finalist Cameron Judd brings to life Simon Caine, a man on a mission who will stop at nothing to right the wrongs done to him, evading capture and death along the way as he leaves a trail of cold, hard justice in his wake.For Simon Caine the War Between the States never ended. In Bitterroot, the notorious outlaw has hunted down and killed the former Union soldiers who murdered his family. Now, saved from a lynch mob by John Crosston, a man with a deadly secret, Caine is offered a chance at a fortune. He must lead Crosston into the heart of the Bitterroot Mountains in Montana Territory and to a showdown with a half-mad half-breed and a team of bounty hunters. If Caine survives, he will face his most difficult confrontation of all-with his own lust for vengeance, the deadliest enemy he has ever known.In Caine's Trail, To Forgive And Forget Is Not An Option. When Union soldiers butchered his family, Simon Caine strapped on a gun. Now the government wants to string him up, a hired killer wants to bring him down, and Caine just wants to forget. But greater danger lies ahead-a renegade Confederate and his band of brutal outlaws has kidnapped Caine's nephew. And when Caine comes looking to get him back, gun trouble explodes with every step he takes."Judd is a fine action writer." - Publisher's Weekly

The author of The Overmountain Men and The Canebreak Men continues his Tennessee Frontier Trilogy as the American Revolution rages in the wilderness. Two years after the colonies declare their independence, the American and British armies fight a seemingly endless series of bloody battles in the east. But on the Tennessee frontier, the war is fought by far fewer rules of engagement. In the wilderness, those who strike silent and swift win the day, every tree or rocky hill might hide an enemy waiting with bullet and blade, and a painless death is a rare gift. It is in this chaotic land that frontiersman Joshua Colter leads the newly formed Patriot Rangers militia against both the hated British and their Cherokee and Chickamauga allies. The war has already cost all sides a great deal in blood and betrayal. But for Joshua, the war is about to bring the pain of his own past into the conflict as old enemies return to exact their revenge ...

Finalist for the Spur Award: The author of The Overmountain Men and The Border Men concludes his epic adventure of Tennessee's early history. The United States of America has just been born from the fires of revolution. But in the wilds of Tennessee in the Southwest Territory, a fire still burnsespecially in the heart of fifteen-year-old Owen Killefer. For Owen witnessed the massacre of his family by Tom Turndalea depraved marauder who deserted the British during the war to live with the Chickamauga and plague the frontier settlements. And worse, Turndale took Owen's sister captive as his prize. Now, amidst the growing unrest and hostilities between the new Americans pushing ever westward and the native Indians who have trusted too many broken treaties, Owen must find a way to save his sister and avenge his family. ';Judd writes a mean story.' Zane Grey's West

The first in a trilogy set in the untamed colonial American wilderness, from ';a keen observer of the human heart as well as a fine action writer' (Publishers Weekly). Joshua Colter was born of the wild frontier. As a young boy living with his family on the edges of civilization during the French and Indian War, he witnessed firsthand the bloodshed and brutality men were capable offrom the deception and depredations of whites like his own vile father to the merciless vengeance of the native tribes. Forced by cruel fate to set out on his own, he was adopted by an honorable hunter who taught him to fight and survive while remaining true to his own heart. But as much as the solitary Joshua loves living rough and free in the forests and mountains, the troubles of the civilized world are encroaching, as the once-pristine wilderness is being carved up between the all-powerful British crown, settlers searching for a land to call their own, and the native Indians who desperately defy them both to protect their ancestral home. Now, in a burgeoning land of hope and hardship, Joshua will have to decide what he is willing to fight and die for as the birth of a new nation breaks on the horizon.

Following the War of Independence against the British Crown, a band of Tennessee settlers begins to carve out a new state in a young nation but face the opposition of the federal government and bloody resistance from the Chickamauga Indians. In this untamed land Owen Killefer, a slender lad barely in his teens, will face a trial by fire at the hands of white men and Indians alike -- and find within himself a stout spirit as strong as that of any frontiersman.The third volume in The Tennessee Frontier Trilogy, The Canebrake Men is a saga of adventure set in the period from 1785 to 1800. In it Cameron Judd paints a portrait of the unforgettable men and women whose vision, passion, and pain gave rise to the new nation, such as:-- Joshua Coulter, who had made a life amid the dangers of the rugged frontier and had been tamed by the Tennessee Wilderness, only to discover again a deep restlessness that stirred in his heart-- Owen Killefer, who set out for the Chickamauga country as a boy to avenge a bloody crime-- Emaline Killefer, who was torn from her family in a bloody raid by a British deserter and taken to live among the Chickamauga as his unwilling wife-- John Sevier, the frontiersman who led raids against the Indians and was named governor of a would-be state the federal government never recognized-- Andrew Jackson, a brash young lawyer with a fiery temper, who first met Joshua Colter as an opponent in a brawl but soon became a strong ally and loyal friend

The first volume in The Tennessee Frontier Trilogy, The Overmountain Men traces the settlement of the Tennessee frontier in pre -- Revolutionary War America. A fascinating story and an inspiring record of the courage of the colonists.