The Bold Trail: A Samuel Garrison Western

by L.R. Pendleton, Linda Pendleton

In 1851, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California, gold hunters search for their riches, but Samuel Garrison is on an even more intense search. He is on the trail of a dangerous and evil man, and he carries .44 caliber bullets in his Colt Dragoon with the man's name on them. In Columbia Township, Ohio, Garrison left behind a busy life as a farmer and horse rancher, and at times, he wishes he was still in Ohio, rather than in this wild and barely-civilized frontier; but he is in gold country because he made a promise, one he intends to keep, even if it means his death. Garrison discovers his world changing dramatically as he faces anxiety, family secrets, denials, death, and grief. Can Samuel Garrison meet the many challenges and terrors that he faces in this raw land, and will he be able to transform those fears into courage?

162 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2018

About the author

L. R. Pendleton (Linda Pendleton) has written in a variety of genres: nonfiction, mystery novels, historical fiction, e-courses, comic book scripting, and screenplays. She is an award-winning author, and co-wrote several books with her late husband, Don Pendleton, creator of The Executioner, Mack Bolan Series; the Joe Copp Private Eye Series; and the Ashton Ford Psychic Detective Series.

She has a daughter and son, four grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. She resides in California with her Ragdoll cat, Max.

Books of Fiction by Linda Pendleton
Catherine Winter Private Investigator Series:
Shattered Lens, Book 1
Fractured Image, Book 2
Shifting Focus, Book 3

Sound of Silence
The Unknown, A Novel
Deadly Flare-Up, (L. R. Pendleton)
Corn Silk Days, Iowa, 1862
Roulette: The Search for the Sunrise Killer, Don and Linda Pendleton

Comics:
The Executioner: War Against the Mafia, Don and Linda Pendleton
The Executioner: Death Squad, Linda Pendleton

For more on her nonfiction books, please visit her website at www.lindapendleton.com

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Linda Pendleton, wife of the creator of the popular Mack Bolan/Executioner series, Don Pendleton, is a talented and prolific author of many types of books. THE BOLD TRAIL is a different kind of Western set in California during the mid-1800s Gold Rush. It’s told from the perspective of a man whose wife was murdered by a seriously bad man who Garrison wants to track down and kill. Pendleton clearly did her homework about the California Gold Rush days and includes many interesting facts about the history of the Gold Rush and what the area and people were like. The early chapter about a Mexican woman who is hung for killing a miner who tried to rape her is immediately gripping and immerses you into the place and time. And, although the novel has plenty of action and multiple shootouts, it also has a sweet love story. In fact, there are two: Garrison’s love for his first wife who was murdered, then his love for another woman he met years later during his hunt for his first wife’s killer. Pendleton gives the characters real depth and, based on the novel’s subtitle “A Samuel Garrison Western,” it appears be the first in a planned series. I’ll be riding along.