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Ralph Compton Rio Largo

Part of A Ralph Compton Western

Author Ralph Compton, David Robbins
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Berkley / NAL | Berkley
On sale Sep 05, 2006 | 304 Pages | 9781101098240
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In this Ralph Compton western, a feud between friends turns deadly...

For over a generation, the Circle T ranch and the D/P ranch have existed in harmony on the prime grazing land of the Sweet Grass Valley. Separated by the Rio Largo river, both ranches have managed to prosper—mostly due to the ranch owners Kent Tovey and Dar Pierce. For years, they’ve grown their herds and their wealth, as well as their friendship.
 
But their lands, their goodwill and their very lives are about to be threatened from within. Two new ranch hands are fomenting a cycle of violence between the men—with a ruthless gang waiting to pick their bones clean after they destroy one another. But one loyal cowboy caught in the carnage knows the truth. And when the Circle T and the D/P can no longer be protected, they must be avenged…

More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
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. View titles by Ralph Compton
David Robbins has been a writer for more than twenty-five years, publishing under a variety of pseudonyms. He is the author of Badlanders and has written more than a dozen successful titles in the Ralph Compton series. View titles by David Robbins

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In this Ralph Compton western, a feud between friends turns deadly...

For over a generation, the Circle T ranch and the D/P ranch have existed in harmony on the prime grazing land of the Sweet Grass Valley. Separated by the Rio Largo river, both ranches have managed to prosper—mostly due to the ranch owners Kent Tovey and Dar Pierce. For years, they’ve grown their herds and their wealth, as well as their friendship.
 
But their lands, their goodwill and their very lives are about to be threatened from within. Two new ranch hands are fomenting a cycle of violence between the men—with a ruthless gang waiting to pick their bones clean after they destroy one another. But one loyal cowboy caught in the carnage knows the truth. And when the Circle T and the D/P can no longer be protected, they must be avenged…

More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!

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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. View titles by Ralph Compton
David Robbins has been a writer for more than twenty-five years, publishing under a variety of pseudonyms. He is the author of Badlanders and has written more than a dozen successful titles in the Ralph Compton series. View titles by David Robbins

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