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    Ralph Compton Hard Ride to Wichita

    Part of A Ralph Compton Western

    Author Marcus Galloway, Ralph Compton
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    Berkley / NAL | Berkley
    On sale Nov 05, 2013 | 304 Pages | 9781101630167
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    Two lifelong friends team up for revenge in this gripping Ralph Compton western.

    Their bond started with a schoolyard tussle. Now the need for vengeance is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he’d turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather’s dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. 

    The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends, who are barely out of boyhood, will need all the help they can get if they want to catch a cold-blooded killer.
    Marcus Galloway View titles by Marcus Galloway
    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
    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)

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    Two lifelong friends team up for revenge in this gripping Ralph Compton western.

    Their bond started with a schoolyard tussle. Now the need for vengeance is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he’d turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather’s dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. 

    The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends, who are barely out of boyhood, will need all the help they can get if they want to catch a cold-blooded killer.

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    Marcus Galloway View titles by Marcus Galloway
    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

    Praise

    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)

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