Gold is found in Central City, and the frontier town of Denver becomes the magnet for hucksters, hustlers, and many of the friends from the wagon train.

#18 in Wagons West series.

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#14 in Wagons West series.

Returning from the Civil War, wounded hero Toby Holt rides west to claim a homestead in the vast Washington timberland. There he finds a seductive courtesan and ruthless profiteers scheming to take over his property.

No marshal's badge or sheriff's posse had yet brought law to the sun-drenched adobes of the great American Southwest. White settlers, Indians, and Mexicans trembled in fear under the azure sky of old Albuquerque, as they prayed to God that the cruel renegades called the comancheros would spare their women, their homes and their lives. But outside this thriving city the comancheros were gathering ... as the time neared when all would feel the terror...

Brawny work gangs and rugged engineers blast out tunnels and lay countless miles of rails to link a vast continent from coast to coast. Indians and unscruplous ranchers try to stop them while Toby Holt tries to keep order in the land.

Only the most daring cross the River of No Return to enter this wild, lawless region. Mountains laden with riches lured prospectors burning with gold fever. Easy money brought ruthless young men with guns for hire. And hidden amid the vast forests of white pine were the war ponies of Shoshoni and Nez Perce--bloodthirsty Indian warriors who gathered to drive the white man from the red man's ancestral home.

Unflagging courage took them through the valleys of the Badlands to the vast priaries of fertile, new territory. The promise of endless fields of golden wheat, great herds of prime beef cattle, fabulous empires built from railroads and mines lured the ambitiousand the brave to the uncharted country. But war cries soon echoed across the plains as mighty red nations united in a pact of blood to fight the newcomers for their sacred hunting grounds.

Louisiana! A volatile mix of Cajun and Creole, exotic and tame, good and evil walked the waterfront and the wild wise. Here legitimate cargo hid the illegal trade in opium, weapons, and shanghaied men. Here the diabolical domain of a mysterious Chinese Tong would sweep legendary fighting man Toby Holt-intrepid son of Wagonmaster Whip Holt-into a struggle with a sensual woman more deadly than any man. And while an unusual underworld ally waged a vendetta...