The Rider of Phantom Canyon

Strongheart #4

by Don Bendell

A brand-new Western adventure from the bestselling author of Strongheart and The Indian Ring .

Cutthroat competition between railroad companies to lay track through the Royal Gorge territory is threatening to escalate into all-out war, with hired guns on both sides trading lead. If one man can bring peace to the territory, it’s half-Lakota lawman Joshua Strongheart.
 
Already looking into tales of a mysterious lone rider haunting Phantom Canyon, Strongheart braces himself to face down an army of gunfighters. But his most dangerous quarry may be a ruthless businessman with a one-track mind and a heart blacker than coal.

272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 5, 2016

About the author

-Speaker and best-selling author of 30 books with over 3 million copies in print plus a successful feature film
- Don just co-wrote a brand new book available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Select, soon available in print on Amazon (September, 2019). A self-help motivational memoir, it is entitled "Cowboy the F Up! How to be a Real Man in Today's World."
-International Karate & Kickboxing Hall of Fame: 1995 inductee, Grandmaster Instructor in 5 martial arts
- US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, Vietnam disabled vet
- Master of Science, Business - Leadership, Grand Canyon University, 2011
Bachelor of Science, Business, Colorado Christian University, 1997
- owns the Strongheart Ranch, Florence, Colorado
- 6 children, 11 grandchildren, Married to Author and Social Psychologist, Dr. Janet Bendell.

Reviews

[Jeff]

Not to my taste

[Robert Enzenauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don Bendell is currently one of my two favorite writers of western fiction (along with another cowboy-veteran Ken Farmer). I agree with other readers who have compared him to Zane Grey and Louis La'Amour, and I would add Elmer Kelton. The main character of Joshua Strongheart is very well developed, along with the subordinate characters who have been featured in some or all of the series. Just like Bendell's other novels, the good guys are truly heroic, and the bad guys are truly evil. The descriptions of Southern Colorado are especially colorful. The shooting sequences and fight scenes certainly reflect an author who is familiar with tactics and firearms, and the stealth of an Indian warrior like Joshua or the author - a Special Forces combat veteran. I also liked the inclusion of real cowboys of western history, Bat Masterson and Doc Holliday. Also, I nice subtle love story element. Strong work Bendell. Therfe really needs to be MANY more in the Strongheart series - at least as many as the Colt series.