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Ralph Compton the Law and the Lawless

David Robbins

In this hair-raising Ralph Compton western, a lawman goes up against a gang of uncommon criminals....

When a bunch of ruffians rob a bank in the sleepy town of Alpine, it's only natural for the locals to be alarmed. But this gang and its leader, Cestus Calloway, are a different breed of outlaw. In fact, Cestus, known as the Robin Hood of the Rockies, distributes his loot to those less fortunate and rains stolen money down on the townsfolk. As if that isn't too good to be true, this gang holds to one important rule: Steal but don't kill.

All Alpine's Marshal, Boyd Cooper, wants is peace and quiet, not to get a posse together to track outlaws. However, when an altercation leads to the exchange of gunfire and the spilling of outlaw blood, he doesn't have much of a choice. The outlaws fear their reputation might be at stake, so they declare revenge on the tin stars of Alpine. They're mad enough to break their own no-kill rule, and Boyd Cooper knows things could end as bloody as they started....

Book Details

  • Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large Print
  • Publish Date: Feb 17th, 2016
  • Pages: 435
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 0.90in - 0.88lb
  • EAN: 9781410486875
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: • Westerns - General• Action & Adventure• Historical - General

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About the Author

Ralph Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series.

David Robbins has been a writer for more than twenty-five years, publishing under a variety of pseudonyms. He is the author of Badlanders and has written more than a dozen successful titles in the Ralph Compton series.

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Praise for this book

Praise for the novels of Ralph Compton

"Compton offers readers a chance to hit the trail and not even end up saddle sore."--Publishers Weekly

"Compton writes in the style of popular Western novelists like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey...thrilling stories of Western legend."--The Huntsville Times (AL)

"If you like Louis L'Amour, you'll love Ralph Compton."--Quanah Tribune-Chief (TX)