The platoon passed through the lines and the GI's looked at them in awe. The word had spread like wildfire across the island that one platoon had met the spearhead of the Japanese attack and beaten them back, got surrounded, and fought free. The soldiers looked at them and could see that they'd been through hell. They were ragged and bloody … and they looked ready to do it all again."Boy," said one young marine, gazing in admiration, "they look like one bunch of butchers, don't they...

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE SERIESThe burning quest that drives John Stone leads him to San Francisco—a crime-ridden city where he'll need more than his famed quick draw to keep himself alive. The trail of his long-lost Marie is hotter than ever—in more ways than one. What Stone learns about his woman sears through his soul like hot lead—and in the moment of Stone's weakness, a cold-hearted assassin pops up in his shadow. Stone's quest may end forever … in the silence of the grave …

For twelve years he rode as an officer of the United States Army. For one year he served as an apprentice warrior of the Apaches. Torn between two loyalties, Nathanial Barrington prays he has found the peace he sought for so long. By the side of Clarissa, his star-crossed mate, he marks his stake as a rancher on land no one else dares claim, deep in Apache territory. But Barrington's respite is short-lived. For the Apache nation is caught between the pincers of the bluecoats from the north...

Malaria can't slow them down. A stockade can't keep them penned up. Tanks can't stop them. They're the most blood-hungry platoon of killers in the jungle. The enemy fears them. Their own army hates them. When they're on their red meat rampage of terror, you'd better steer clear of The Rat Bastards!

Can justice prevail in a city where the law is just another commodity?Patrick "Patty" Shapiro is tagged in a corruption scandal, getting booted off the NYPD in disgrace. A year later, a former partner approaches him with a job offer: Bust into a hotel room and take sleazy pictures for a divorce case.Sounds simple until Patty steps into the room and finds a beautiful blond doll with her throat cut … and the frame for her murder fits him perfectly.Len Levinson is the ...

The quiet of the jungle is shattered by a single command. The air fills with voices of death. A Texas cattle call. An Apache war whoop. A piercing scream of bloody blue murder. A killing chorus of zinging hot lead. A mighty green wave surges up the hill. The Rat Bastards are on the rampage, and what the enemy began, they are about to finish …

Death is what life is all about …It's hot in the jungle. And with the Rat Bastards, what's hot becomes sheer hell. Prison can slow them down. Women can make them happy. But it's killing that keeps them going. In the jungle, every shadow, every noise can mean friend — or foe. They shoot first and ask questions never. For them, the war is always just beginning …

Fresh from the slaughter at Bastogne, Sgt. C.J. Mahoney rejoins Charlie Company of Patton's Hammerhead Division. His new commander is glory-seeking Lt. Woodward, a stiff-spined West Pointer who wields his rank like a bullwhip—all of it stinging Mahoney's hide. Just as the Sergeant is about to rearrange his new superior officer's baby face, German bullets and grenades burst through the heavy snowfall. Slicing his way through the blood and guts of no-man's-land with his kill-crazy sidekick C...

HE PUT ON A TIN BADGEAND BACKED IT UP WITH HOT LEADWith six good men murdered in a single smoking night, Woodlawn was starting to feel more like a cemetery than a town. John Stone had no plans to stick around ... until the local killers sparked his wrath by gunning down his riding companion. Pinning on the tin star, Stone declares martial law. It's the bloodiest range war west of the Missouri. And Stone would rather die than declare a truce...

Sheriff Buck Rawlins was a hero … years ago. The next-to-last-thing he needed was a man like John Stone stopping a bank robbery single-handed, reminding folks what a real hero looked like. The last thing Rawlins needed was John Stone as his deputy.Now Stone is on the right side of the law, but the wrong side of the sheriff—with Deke Casey's outlaw gang gunning for him, it's a mighty dangerous place to be …Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position...

THE SEARCH BEGINS ...Once, John Stone had everything a man could ever want: wealth, position, and a woman who loved him. But that was before the Civil War. Now he's lost his fortune, and his fiancée has disappeared. All he has left is his Colt, a picture of Marie, and a mission—to roam the west until he finds the woman he loves.HE IS THE SEARCHER ...The settlers were on their way to a new life in Texas, while John Stone was stirring up the ashes of a life that died wit...

Following events immediately after The Pecos Kid #2: The Reckoning, Duane Braddock and Phyllis Thorton are on the dodge in Apache territory. With a double murder hot on his trail, it was time to keep moving.Federal Marshal Dan Stowe rides into the Bar-T ranch. He has traveled all the way from San Antonio with a warrant for Duane Braddock. Everyone he speaks to gives the same story, except from Lt. Clayton Dawes. Dawes wouldn't retract his accusation, so Stowe is left with no choice...