Books by William W Johnstone

Book SynopsisLone Star Sheriff Cullen McCabe has always been a risk-taker. But sometimes, taking a risk means taking a bullet—unless you kill first . . .EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS. EVEN DEATH.Sheriff McCabe knew he’d make a lot of enemies when he agreed to be a special agent for the Texas governor. But now that he’s managed to keep the peace in the hopeless town of New Hope, he’s hoping he can go home to Two Forks and get back to business as usual.No such luck.The corrupt marshal of East City, Micah Moran, and his murdering band of kill-crazy cutthroats are running wild, leaving the folks in East City in a deadly grip of terror. Now, Two Forks will have to wait because Micah Moran and his evil gang need to be taught some manners—with McCabe’s own brand of retribution.

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Book SynopsisSmall town America is under attack?but one group of patriots are fighting back?in this explosive contemporary thriller from the bestselling Johnstones . . .THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA BEGINSWelcome to Maverick, Iowa. Once a thriving farm community, the peaceful little town is now a bristling hotbed of drugs, crime, and homelessness. Thanks to the misguided policies of a new state governor, the floodgates have been opened to a devastating and very unwelcome wave of newcomers, grifters, fentanyl dealers, thieves, and roving gangs of smash-and-grabbers?and one powerful billionaire who?s buying up the farmland. Lifelong residents watch helplessly as their beloved Main Street becomes a bloody battleground in a divided America. This is more than a culture war; it?s a hostile takeover.But one group of veterans are fighting back. . . .THIS LAND IS OUR LAND. THIS FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT.Returning home for the first time since Afghanistan, war veteran Bryan Branch barely recognizes his old stomping ground. Back in the day, he was the town hellraiser?until the military gave him a sense of purpose and appreciation for our hard-fought freedoms. Now those freedoms are under attack?and this time, it?s personal. As the violence and destruction of Maverick spirals out of control, Bryan enlists the help of his army buddies, a group of veterans who call themselves ?The Night Warriors.? They?re armed and ready to clean up the town. But their enemies are armed, too?and ready to blow the whole country straight to hell . . .

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Book SynopsisIn this hot-blooded new series from the bestselling Johnstones, a small town deputy sheriff with nothing to do decides to go looking for treasure . . . and winds up with six cutthroat killers out for his blood.JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. GET TOUGH OR GET OUT OF THE WAY. As the deputy sheriff in a small Missouri town, ?Slick? Parker Jones doesn?t have much to do except get drunk and chase saloon girls. Life is pretty dull in Rory?s Junction?until Slick sees the wanted poster for a notorious train robber.Parker?s never met an actual outlaw before. He?s never faced any real dangers, to be honest. But when that wanted man staggers into Parker?s nightly watering hole?half dead, with a hole in his gut and a bloody map in his hand?the young deputy?s life takes a wild turn . . . quite possibly fatal.It starts with the dying man?s final words: ?The gold.? Which leads Slick Parker to one conclusion: The map leads to the stolen gold from the outlaw?s latest, greatest train robbery. Instead of calling the marshal, Parker decides to hunt for the gold himself, earn his badge the old-fashioned way, and become the kind of lawman he always knew he could be. There?s just one problem. Parker isn?t the only one searching for the gold. A vicious gang of six barbaric killers are looking for it, too?and they?re gunning for the man with the map.By the time Parker realizes what he?s up against, it?s too late. He?s already halfway to hell. . . .

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Book SynopsisWelcome to Dead Broke, Colorado. Where all that glitters is not gold?it?s silver. Where miners and grifters get rich or go broke. And where the money flows like blood . . .JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. COLORADO OR BUST. The town got its unusual name when a pair of brokedown prospectors accidentally dropped a stick of dynamite in the Rockies?and unwittingly unearthed a massive vein of silver. One of the two men dropped dead from excitement. The other one named the place ?Dead Broke? in honor of his dead broke companion and declared himself mayor of a brand-new mining town. Mayor Allane Auchenleck?better known as Nugget?put Dead Broke on the map. But when the silver market takes an unexpected nosedive, the bustling boomtown goes bust . . .And all hell breaks loose.Almost overnight, Dead Broke turns into a lawless hotbed of angry out-of-work miners and out-for-blood merchants. In desperation, Mayor Nugget considers a few hairbrained schemes like bringing in mail-order brides, building ice castles to attract tourists, even planting other minerals in the mines to fool investors. But Dead Broke needs law and order, so Nugget sends for top gun Mick MacMicking. Of course, a notorious gambler named Connor Boyle has other plans?and with his band of hired guns he plans to blow Dead Broke off the map to get what he wants.For this town to survive, Nugget, Mick, a drunken lawman, and a woman gambler will have to put the dead back in Dead Broke . . . and some cool-hand killers in the ground.

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Book SynopsisIn this action-packed new series, a rascally pair of prospectors run for their lives from a gun-toting posse?and discover a million ways to die in San Francisco?s criminal underworld . . .Charlie Dawson and his partner Clem don?t consider themselves bad guys. But they definitely made a bad error in judgment on a gold mine deal?turns out there was no gold?and ended up in a shootout with some very angry claim jumpers. Now a man is dead and a posse is in hot pursuit of Charlie and Clem. The unlucky pair hightail it to San Francisco, where they try to blend into the notorious red-light district known as Barbary Coast. Another bad decision on their part . . .San Francisco is one wild place. Horses get stolen, folks get shanghaied, and Charlie and Clem get offers from some very shady characters with money to burn, so the boys can?t refuse. A big boss banker wants to hire them to find a crate that was lost in a train derailment. Inside is a priceless golden spike created for the opening ceremony of a new rail line. Sounds like easy money to Charlie and Clem. Problem is, they?re not the only ones looking for it. A vicious gang of outlaws, a cold-blooded gunman?and a scheming femme fatale?are on a direct collision course with the hard-to-kill duo . . .And they?re all heading for one very dead end.JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE DYING IS EASY AND LIVING IS HARD...

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Book SynopsisRaised by the Shawnee, Jamie Ian MacCallister survived the bloodshed of the Alamo and the Civil War. With each victory, the MacCallister legend grew?as violent and unpredictable as the land that gave him life…From the greatest western writers of the 21st century, the classic fourth adventure in The Eagles, one of the mosticonic and beloved sagas of the American frontier, is back in print as legendary Scottish frontiersman Jamie MacCallister blazes through the Wild West.Now the battle has gotten personal: the brutal murder of his wife at the hands of the wild Miles Nelson gang. Jamie?s journey of revenge will take him from Atlantic City?s bustling port of thieves, con men and whores to the pristine and deadly landscape of the Colorado Rockies…and finally to a place called Little Big Horn. All he has at his side are his sons and an unquenchable thirst for justice?MacCallister style.

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Book SynopsisSuperb from start to finish. An instant classic. —New York Times Bestselling Author Marc Cameron on Forever Texas Experience the gritty reality of life on the Texas frontier in this riveting historical adventure based on actual events and the true history of the legendary King Ranch, as one pioneering ranch family carves out their own piece of the American West…South Texas, 1854. Regis Royle is determined to turn eighteen-thousand acres of raw prairie into the greatest cattle ranch in the world. But he can’t do it alone. The region is wilder than a herd of mustangs—and crawling with rustlers. Teaming up with the Cattlemen’s Justice Consortium, Regis hopes to stop the rustling and start laying tracks for a new railway. Problem is, the cattlemen—including Jarvis “Bone” McGraw, Regis’s own ranch manager—can’t help but lock horns with the Texas Rangers. And it doesn’t t

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