The Hawk #1

Walter Scott, better known as "Death Valley Scotty," has mystified America for nearly fifty years with his apparent wealth and mysterious ways, but this tale focuses instead on Bob Hardie—known as the Hawk—a lawman arriving in Adobe Bend to confront the ruthless Slash Caldwell, who's been using violence and deception to seize land from local ranchers. When Caldwell hires the notorious gunman Lobo Moreno to eliminate the Hawk and poison the cattle of the Lazy B Ranch, a desperate showdown erupts that will test the Hawk's skill against one of the deadliest shooters on either side of the border.

Billy Venero hears tell of Apache raiders on the warpath near the Wells Cow Ranch—forty miles away—where his sweetheart Bess waits among the settlers. Determined to warn them of the danger, he sets out on horseback despite his comrades' warnings, racing against time across the frontier wilderness. When he's struck down by a rifle shot, Venero presses on wounded, fighting to reach the ranch before the raiders do.

When the notorious outlaw Reb Sutton and his gang bring lawlessness to Armadillo Flats, U.S. Marshal Bob Hardie—better known as The Hawk—is sent from St. Louis to restore order. After intercepting a stage robbery, The Hawk must uncover a traitor in town while navigating his growing suspicion of Preston Chadwick's ties to the outlaws. With a $60,000 shipment hidden away and a gang bent on claiming it, The Hawk faces his toughest challenge yet in "Six-Gun Showdown."

This non-fiction account chronicles the transformation of the Great American Desert—a half-million square miles of sage brush and buffalo grass spanning Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and northern Colorado—from tribal hunting grounds into settled American states. Gold discoveries in the Black Hills and elsewhere drew white settlers into conflict with indigenous nations like the Sioux, while the arrival of cattle drives and frontier towns like Dodge City brought legendary gunfighters to the region. The railroad ultimately ended the era of the desert, replacing buffalo herds and lawlessness with farming, mining, and the prosperity that built six of America's richest states.