Dan'l Boone #1

Young Daniel Boone grows up on the Pennsylvania frontier with a hunter's gift and an unshakeable bond with the wilderness—learning survival from the woods themselves, from friendly Indian tribes, and from every creature that crosses his path. When his family settles in Virginia's Yadkin Valley, his natural talents are put to the test against forest raiders and desperate men, and by the time he joins General Braddock's expedition as a wagoner, Boone's reputation for skill and fearlessness is already spreading. A chance meeting with John Finley, one of the few white men to have seen the legendary hunting grounds of Kentucky, plants a seed that will shape his destiny.

Dan'l Boone ventures deep into unmapped Kentucky wilderness, where he must rely on his rifle skills and wits to survive an encounter with a hostile Indian war party. When the chief demands to test the mysterious power of his firearm, Dan'l seizes the moment to demonstrate marksmanship so extraordinary it appears to be magic—a gambit that saves his life but comes with a warning to never return. Determined to claim the rich hunting grounds he's discovered, Dan'l carves his mark on a tree, already planning his next expedition into the wilderness he calls home.

When vicious forest runners raid a Virginia settlement and beat Dan Boone senseless, they make the mistake of stealing his prized rifle, Tick-Licker—only to discover the gun has a will of its own. Boone accepts help from a young settler and his grandfather (a gunsmith with secrets of his own), and sets a deadline for the rifle's return, but the desperate outlaws have a deadly plan to settle the score before sunup. This frontier tale explores whether a man's greatest weapon is the rifle in his hands or something far harder to kill.