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Widows and Orphans
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.99
Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media
Published: Jun 10 2026
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A burned-down town. Seven survivors. Zero mercy.
When pragmatic drifter and former U.S. Marshal Eldridge Sample rides into the smoldering ruins of Silver Drift, he expects to find nothing but white ash and fresh graves. Instead, hidden beneath the floorboards of a shattered church, he uncovers a widow and six orphaned children. They are the sole survivors of a brutal mining town massacre-and they can identify every killer who pulled a trigger.
The slaughter was led by the ruthless border outlaw Cale Bonner, a man who leaves zero witnesses. When Bonner realizes his secret is compromised, he turns his heavily armed gang around to finish the job.
Now, Eldridge must escort this fragile group across three days of punishing, unforgiving frontier to the safety of Fort Wallace. Hunted through narrow canyons, blinding dust storms, and deadly salt flats, Eldridge holds the line. Armed with his Colt Peacemaker, a heavy Springfield .45-70 carbine, and a strict personal code, the former lawman prepares to balance the ledger.
In a running gun battle against overwhelming odds, Bonner will learn a hard truth about the drifter in the canvas coat: Eldridge Sample doesn't negotiate, and he takes zero prisoners.
Widows and Orphans is a gritty, action-packed Western thriller that delivers hard-boiled frontier justice. Perfect for fans of classic, fast-paced Wild West adventures, tactical gunfights, and lone-wolf bounty hunters.
Categories/Keywords for Meta Data:
- Western Thriller & Action Adventure
- Gritty Historical Westerns
- U.S. Marshal / Bounty Hunter Fiction
- Classic Frontier Justice
- Wild West Outlaws and Bandits
- Hard-boiled Western
- Survival and Escort Fiction
- Gunfighter Action
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