Cavalry Sergeant Will Larson, part of a routine patrol on a four day ride, is ordered by the green patrol leader to ride down to the Rio Verde river. The river is a Chiricahua Indian stronghold, and Larson and his men are attacked and pinned down. When the patrol leader loses his head, the sergeant must take over - and heads out to hike seventy miles across the waterless desert to bring a relief column to save his comrades.
aka Jess Cody, Cathy Cunningham, Lionel Derrick (with Mark Roberts 2), Keith Douglass (with William H Keith), J.D. Bondie, Chad Calhoun, G.A. Carrington, Kit Dalton, Dirk Fletcher, Don Pendleton
Since his first novel was published in 1968 Chet Cunningham has written and had published nearly 300 works of fiction and 15 non fiction books. He is equally adept on horseback, in the techno-thriller arena, or recounting military history. His output includes 125 westerns and 50 men's action/adventure novels.