Their hunger for a piece of the earth made living hard...and dying all too easy

Trail-wise maverick Mark Manning had a nose for trouble and this time the scent for death was on the Colorado wind. With 700 land-hungry pioneers competing to settle on Indian territory, just surviving was a victory. 

But Manning would live to see destinies forged in fire and blood. The claim-jumping mad-dog ready to murder for an acre, the Ute warriors betrayed by the white man's hollow word, and the young girl whose love Manning would risk his life for— these were the brave, the broken, and the brazen who made their stand in the LAND OF PROMISES.

When it came to tales so vivid they seem to carry the scent of the campfire, the echo of gunfire, and the untamed spirit of the West, one storyteller stands out: 

Three-time Winner of the Spur Award
Wayne D. Overholser

Author of "Law Man" and "The Violent Land."

With millions of his books sold, he is acclaimed coast-to-coast and
around the world as one of the greatest Western writers.