Grab your hat, step into your boots, and strap on those spurs.
Your cow pony is saddled up and
ready to ride the trail from San Antonio to Abilene.
First Drive
A Seph Vermillion
Western Adventure Book 1
by David
Fitz-Gerald
Genre: Historical
Western Adventure Fiction
Grab your hat,
step into your boots, and strap on those spurs. Your cow pony is saddled up and
ready to ride the trail from San Antonio to Abilene.
Seph Vermillion
grew up dirt poor. As long as he can remember, he's been pushing a plow and
arguing with a mule. A couple of times a year, a trio of bandits ravage the
family farm and make off with their savings.
Pa never returned
home after the war. Seph's siblings have been gone so long, he doesn't remember
what they look like. When Ma dies after a long illness, Seph trades the family
farm for a horse named Sheriff. The kid next door tells Seph about the Deatherage
Longhorn Cattle Ranch. The allure of adventure beckons. They partner up and hit
the trail. Lacking skills, they are the last cowboys hired and agree to work
for half pay.
The outfit's top
hand, Stoke Moreland, pranks, taunts, and threatens Seph. Why does the seasoned
cowboy seem intent on driving him off? Seph doesn't know much about
self-defense, but he is tired of being a victim and feeling violated. How long
can he turn the other cheek?
The trail is
fraught with hazards from perilous river crossings to the mother of all
stampedes. When they realize they're being tracked, followed, and hunted, a
growing sense of doom overwhelms the fledgling outfit of cowboys who are still
wet behind the ears. The outlaws that plagued Seph's past have followed them
and they are determined to take the herd. Their plan is simple: pit the cowboys
against each other, pick them off one by one, and stampede the beeves.
Since they left
San Antonio, the drovers have looked forward to whooping it up at the end of
the trail. That was before somebody began killing cowboys. Now, Abilene seems
like an impossible dream. Will anybody make it to the end of the trail?
Grab your
slicker, fetch your bedroll, and swing up into the saddle. Sign on with the Dagger
D, Angry R brand—First Drive is calling your name.
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Dead Heat
Coming May 2025
David Fitz-Gerald
writes westerns and historical fiction. He is the author of twelve books,
including the brand-new series, Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail set in 1850. Dave
is a multiple Laramie Award, first place, best in category winner; a Blue
Ribbon Chanticleerian; a member of Western Writers of America; and a member of
the Historical Novel Society.
Alpine landscapes
and flashy horses always catch Dave’s eye and turn his head. He is also an
Adirondack 46-er, which means that he has hiked to the summit of the range’s
highest peaks. As a mountaineer, he’s happiest at an elevation of over four
thousand feet above sea level.
Dave is a
lifelong fan of western fiction, landscapes, movies, and music. It should be no
surprise that Dave delights in placing memorable characters on treacherous
trails, mountain tops, and on the backs of wild horses.
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