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The Ghost of the High Plains
Paperback
Series: Survival Through the Ages, Book 8
Bedtime & DreamsGeneral Juvenile FictionScience Fiction
Publisher: Carrie Ray
Published: Mar 11 2026
Pages: 470
Weight: 1.37
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Found living as a hermit on the edge of the brutal Badlands, 15-year-old Robert is recruited by a weary Sheriff whose posse has lost the trail of a dangerous outlaw gang. Having already survived a prehistoric jungle, Robert navigates the maze of canyons and salt flats with ease, identifying thermal signs-disturbed rocks and crushed sagebrush-that the exhausted deputies have overlooked. As they track the gang toward a narrow mountain pass, Robert uses his mechanic's brain to avoid a direct gunfight, opting instead for a tactical strike.
Using a small cache of black powder and his knowledge of structural physics, Robert engineers a controlled rockslide that seals the pass, trapping the outlaws without a single shot being fired. This feat of non-violent engineering earns him the respect of the lawmen and a customized Scout badge, officially making him the youngest member of the posse. As the dust settles over the high plains, Robert locates the shimmering glitch within a nearby canyon, plunging through the anomaly to wake up safely in his own bed in 2020.
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