Black Diamond Western #29

When Chief Spotted Pony seizes on news of President Garfield's assassination as a sign to strike, Black Diamond races to warn the scattered settlers and gather them within Fort Sioux's walls before dawn—but the real test comes when a relentless siege leaves the fort without water and the desperate inhabitants ready to surrender to certain death. Black Diamond and Bumper must find a way to break the siege before hope and supplies run out.

When Apache raids armed with repeating rifles begin sabotaging the Southwestern Railroad, Black Diamond and his sidekick Bumper race to stop the violence—but the trail leads to an unexpected betrayal that forces the hero deep into dangerous territory. With construction boss Enkers' motives thrown into question and a conspiracy reaching further than expected, Black Diamond must navigate a treacherous web of deception to expose the true architect of the railroad's destruction.

Black Diamond finds himself caught between a mad Army officer and a frontier war when Captain Vane orchestrates a massacre of Apache braves while disguised as U.S. cavalry, then frames the tribe for the slaughter to fuel his delusional conquest fantasies. With a peace treaty hanging by a thread and innocent soldiers and Apaches alike marked for execution, the Black Diamond must expose Vane's scheme before the captain's butchery ignites the very war he craves.