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Wild Ride
Paperback
Publisher Price: $12.99
Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media
Published: Dec 27 2025
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Ride into the heart of darkness on the unforgiving Texas frontier.
When haunted drifter and ex-cavalryman Rip Campbell stumbles upon the smoldering ruins of a Comanche massacre, he expects trouble. What he finds is a lone survivor - the fierce young Comanche healer Lone Feather (Nika) - and a path leading into a conspiracy far deadlier than any border feud. Thrown together by violence, pursued by the ruthless outlaw Gideon Pike and his men, their only ally seems to be a force of nature itself: El Diablo, a legendary black stallion seemingly born of storm and vengeance, whose fate is inexplicably tied to their own.
From the blood-soaked canyons of the Palo Duro to dusty, corrupt outposts, Rip and Nika are hunted relentlessly across the Texas borderlands. They soon discover the massacre was no random act of brutality, but the brutal opening move in a vast, chilling conspiracy orchestrated by the powerful and untouchable Governor Carlisle. Driven by insatiable greed for land to fuel his expanding railroad empire, Carlisle uses terror, murder, and the forced servitude of branded children to carve his path across Comanche territory.
As Rip and Nika fight for survival against overwhelming odds, they unravel a web of corruption that reaches the highest levels of power, implicating senators and hidden government projects. Each desperate escape, each brutal confrontation, reveals another layer of the sinister plot - a plot involving not just land grabs and stolen lives, but potentially biological extermination. With Carlisle's ruthless son and hired guns joining the chase, and the mysterious connection between El Diablo and the branded children deepening, Rip must confront the ghosts of his own past at the Washita and make a final stand for justice in a land that offers none.
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