Frontier Scout, Dan'l Boone #10

Daniel Boone welcomes a wounded stranger named Kentucky Jack into his camp, only to discover the man has stolen furs from the Cherokee—and worse, he's a lazy freeloader with designs on Boone's own hard-won supplies. When the frontier scout heads out to check his trapline, Jack makes his true intentions clear, and Boone must track down the thief before the angry Cherokee warriors catch him first.

In "Winter Famine," Dan'l Boone finds himself captured by the Pawnee and pressed into service to hunt for the tribe during a brutal winter famine. Forced to prove his worth, he earns reluctant acceptance after defeating the warrior Tishobani in a bare-handed fight, only to face relentless attempts on his life as the season drags on. As the snow finally melts, Boone must confront the final, unlawful assault from Tishobani—before a surprising release and a quiet choice to stay.

Daniel Boone infiltrates a Cherokee war camp to discover the tribes' plans for attack on the Kentucky settlements—and discovers a white woman held captive. Racing against time and pursuing warriors, Boone must get both the woman and a warning back to Boonesborough before the war party strikes, or the frontier will fall.

The Oldtimer takes you through the treacherous history of Death Valley, a brutal stretch of Western wasteland where wagon trains faced scorching heat, deadly thirst, and hostile inhabitants while crossing its unforgiving terrain. From prospectors who struck gold only to meet grim fates, to the canyon formations and landmarks that dot this infamous desert, he walks you through the dark and beautiful sides of this notorious valley that claimed so many lives during the frontier era.

Sgt. Bart Norton infiltrates a Pawnee war party by pretending to be touched by madness, betting that tribal superstition will keep him alive long enough to uncover why Chief Black Cloud's people have suddenly broken their peace treaty. What he discovers hidden in the mountain could turn the tribe against their own shaman—but first he'll have to survive long enough to expose the truth.