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Johnstone-Keeping the West Wild The Story that Started the Saga. From his Missouri farm, the boy travels west. In his heart is vengeance. In his hand is a Navy Colt. By his side is the old mountain man named Preacher, who'll teach young Smoke Jensen everything he needs to know about fighting like the devil, and-when the time comes-dying like a man. Although Smoke Jensen's enemies have destroyed everything he's ever loved, they made one mistake:...

In July of 1897, the S.S. Portland sailed from Skagway, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, carrying two tons of Yukon gold--its arrival setting off the famed Klondike Gold Rush. Now, a hundred years later, amid great fanfare and publicity, another ship is recreating the fabled voyage. But this time Death is on board. A true Gold Rush buff, Alex Jensen is thrilled to be representing the Troopers on the Spirit of '98's historic journey down Alaska's spectacular...

Up north, the summers are brief, and winter, like death, is cold and long. Recovering from knee surgery that will cause her to miss the upcoming dogsled racing season, champion "musher" Jessie Arnold feels empty and bored, so she grabs an opportunity to fill her days manning the Iditarod booth at the Alaska State Fair. But murder becomes an attraction here as well, an especially brutal one, when the corpse of a small-time hoodlum slain by a double-blade...

After foiling a train robbery in Colorado and receiving a public reward from the governor, Matt Jensen must once again go up against the frustrated outlaw and his murderous posse when they kidnap the governor's niece.

William W. Johnstone's Mountain Man saga catapulted him to the top ranks of Western writers. In the launch of a breathtaking new series, the adopted son of Smoke Jensen makes his way across a dangerous, shifting American frontier. . . Savage Territory It was a duty to a dead man. Matt Jensen had promised his friend, slain by an outlaw named Pogue Willis, that he would deliver money to his brother in St. Louis. But Matt's search leads him from St....

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.

The Greatest Western Writers of the 21st Century reveal the untold story of Smoke Jensen's long-lost brother in the first installment in their epic series featuring Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter. Left for dead during the fiercest war in our nation's history, he's risen from the ashes of the Civil War with a vengeance to forge his own legend in a violent, lawless land. Johnstone Country. Where Fools Rush In--And Are Carried Out. With his epic novels...

The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century William W, Johnstone's legendary mountain men have fought their battles and conquered a fierce frontier. Now, three generations of the Jensen clan are trying to live in peace on their sprawling Colorado ranch. But for men with fighting in their blood, trouble is never very far from their doorstep...... Into The Eye Of A Storm They are strangers in a strange land--a band of German immigrants trespassing...

They are strangers in a strange land - a band of German immigrants trespassing across the Jensen family spread. Led by a baron fleeing a dark past in Germany and accompanied by a woman beautiful enough to dazzle young Matt, the pilgrims are being pursued by a pack of brutal outlaws hungry for blood, money - or maybe something else...The Jensens are willing to help the pioneers get to the promised land in Wyoming. But they don't know the whole story...