The Judas Tree / The Last Stand

Luke Starbuck #7-8

by Matt Braun

The Judas Tree

Virginia City, Montana is a ramshackle town where fifty-six men have been killed, dozens of stagecoaches have been robbed, and a fanatical vigilante leader is threatening to blow the town sky-high. Enter Luke Starbuck: He's been hired to put an end to the epidemic. Instead, the West's most legendary detective finds himself in the dead-center of a murder mystery involving a beautiful young woman, a tough sheriff who takes no prisoners, and a killer who's still on the loose….

The Last Stand

It is the land of Five Civilized Tribes, stolen from its people by a Federal government determined to make Oklahoma the 46th state. Chitto Starr, a full-blood Cherokee, will not go gently into the night. Now it's up to Deputy U.S. Marshal Owen McLain to hunt down Starr and his rebels, and bring justice to this tragic, history-scarred land…or die trying.

544 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 29, 2008

About the author

Matt Braun is an author of fifty-six books, most of which are in the Western genre and has over 40 million copies in print.