{"product_id":"ralph-compton-terror-trail-paperback","title":"Ralph Compton Terror Trail - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLyle Brandt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Compton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe daughters of a New Mexican rancher must help their father recover a stolen herd in this thrilling new novel in the bestselling Trail Drive series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early days of the Mexican Revolution guerrillas led by Francisco \"Pancho\" Villa raid a ranch in Doña Ana County, New Mexico Territory. They abscond with a herd of saddle horses earmarked for sale to the U.S. Army, wounding rancher Alejandro Aguirre and killing his only son, Eduardo, in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the army commander and his superiors in Washington, D.C. refuse to violate Mexican sovereignty with a punitive raid, Alejandro's twin daughters, Dolores and Yolanda, must step up. Together they lead a crew of ranch hands and friendly members of the Mescalaro Apache tribe to recover the herd. A perilous road lies ahead, but the sisters will stop at nothing to find justice for their fallen brother and reclaim what was stolen.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Compton \u003c\/b\u003estood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Goodnight Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Rider series, and the Trail Drive series, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyle Brandt\u003c\/b\u003e is a pen name of writer Michael Newton, author of 252 novels (54 of them Westerns, 21 as Brandt), 98 nonfiction books, and 91 nonfiction articles published since 1977. Writing as Brandt, Newton won the Western Fictioneers' first Peacemaker Award for Best Western Novel in 2010, for \u003ci\u003eManhunt.\u003c\/i\u003e Another Brandt novel, \u003ci\u003eAvenging Angels, \u003c\/i\u003e was a Peacemaker Best Novel finalist in 2011, as well as being a Best Paperback Original finalist for the Western Writers of America's Spur Award. In 2017 Newton received a Lifetime Achievement Peacemaker Award from Western Fictioneers. \u003ci\u003eTerror Trail \u003c\/i\u003eis his third novel in Ralph Compton's Trail Drive Series, preceded by \u003ci\u003eThe Badlands Trail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDrive for Independence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699279630399,"sku":"9780593334010","price":9.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/73bd46c6ce2dd85ad4d99818e513d2ce.webp?v=1765013060","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ralph-compton-terror-trail-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}