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Vengeance is a bloodthirsty motivator
CLASSIC WESTERN ADVENTURE
The frontier town of Saguache, Colorado, stands where the vast San Luis Valley meets the shadows of the San Juan Mountains. It is a hard land that breeds hard people, and where vengeance rides again.
Shortly after leading a ragtag posse to capture the notorious Latron Gang and recover stolen gold from the Saguache Bank, eighteen-year-old cowboy Gus McIntyre has earned a reputation that stretches from Texas to the Colorado high country. Brilliant beyond his years and astonishingly resourceful, Gus has a knack for surviving the impossible.
But some enemies are not so easily defeated.
Robert "Pappy" O'Dell, a Civil War refugee, gambler, and bitter survivor of Atlanta's destruction, was once a desperate man chasing Yankee gold. Now he is something darker. Captured by Walter Hamilton and Kate Sanders, tortured for information, and left hanging upside down in the unforgiving Colorado wilderness, O'Dell lost more than his freedom. He lost his pride. His dignity. His name.
And he has come back to reclaim them.
O'Dell slips into Saguache like a ghost, waiting for the right moment to strike. His plan is simple: make his tormentors suffer as he did. One by one.
His first target is Kate Sanders -- a sharp-shooting Tennessee mountain woman, savvy entrepreneur, and investor in Saguache's Phoenix Inn. Kate is no stranger to hardship. She survived the wilds of Denver, protected her young daughter across lawless territory, and helped bring O'Dell to justice. But nothing prepares her for the terror of waking in darkness, trapped at the bottom of a deep granite well in a hidden mountain stronghold.
As storm clouds gather over the San Juan peaks, icy rain begins to fall. Water trickles down stone. Then pours. Then floods.
Kate clings to life in a rising torrent of mountain runoff.
Gus senses something is wrong. Kate has vanished. There are whispers of a stranger in town. And the air smells of revenge.
At his side is Naomi Brown -- a fierce and capable twenty-year-old woman raised by the Caputo Indians after her pioneer family was lost on the western trail. Determined to understand both her heritage and her place in a divided world, Naomi is every bit Gus's equal in courage, instinct, and survival. Together, they read the land like a book: broken twigs, disturbed gravel, the faint scuff of hoofs on stone. Every clue pulls them higher into the mountains -- and deeper into danger.
Meanwhile, O'Dell prepares his next move.
Walter Hamilton -- the son of a prominent Texas rancher, Gus's closest friend, and rightful owner of the gold stolen from the Saguache bank -- is next on the list. If O'Dell can capture Walt, his diabolical plan will be complete.
But O'Dell underestimates one thing: Gus McIntyre does not quit.
Through blinding rain and treacherous terrain, Gus and Naomi race against time. Each step upward is a gamble. Each shadow may hide an outlaw's rifle. And somewhere above them, Kate fights for breath as cold water rises inch by inch.
The climax explodes in a high-altitude confrontation where ingenuity matters more than bullets, and where two young adults will decide who lives and who dies. In a battle of wits against a man fueled by humiliation and hate, Gus and Naomi must outthink a predator who has nothing left to lose.
Mountain Hostage is a gripping tale of frontier justice, mountain survival, and the unbreakable bonds of loyalty. This eleventh installment in the McIntyre Adventures delivers relentless tension and a pair of heroes whose cleverness shines brighter than gunfire. Written in an easy-to-read Louie L'Amore style, readers will be entertained from beginning to end. Get your copy today.
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