The Border Empire - (Border Empire Western) by Ralph Compton (Paperback)

About the Book

Nathan Stone, the Gunfighter, lies dead in the street, a victim of the ruthless Sandlin gang. Behind him he leaves his guns and the son he had hardly known--a former lawman who is about to teach these killers just what it means to be his father's son. Reissue.

Book Synopsis

A man sets out to Mexico to avenge his father's death in this western from USA Today bestselling author Ralph Compton.

Nathan Stone, the man they called The Gunfighter, lay dead in the dust of an El Paso street. The Sandlin gang kicked up that dust as they rode back laughing into Mexico, where the U.S. law couldn't touch them and local law didn't want to.

Behind him Nathan Stone left his horse, his Winchester, his custom-made Colts, and his name. The son who had grown up without him took them all. His name is Wes Stone. He used to be a lawman, but when he picks up his father's guns, he takes down the star from his chest.

Wes knows the impossible odds of going against the outlaw army and its empire of evil. But he knows something else too. He's his father's son, and he's going to teach his father's killers exactly what that means...

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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)

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 the USA Today bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Rider series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.