(Book 3 of 4 Books of the Gunslinger Series) Texan born Tom Horn was a notorious bounty hunter during the decades in the closing scene of the nineteenth century and the Old West. A man considered by many to be a hero and by others an assassin. An Army scout who lived off this cash for flesh enterprise. He learned his skills of tracking and speaking the native languages from the Apache tribes. Then he used this same knowledge to kill those very people who had taught him. As he worked farther west and into California Horn encountered his old enemies, Rancor Maleficent and Marshal Hoss Cole. The ever-humorous Roberto Rodriguez brings this unlikely crew together to make a final strike against the violent outlaws of the far West. Once again Ash Lingam gives us a vivid canvas like description of the Old West and the characters who lived, fought and died there. He shows us the hardships and the humor along with a dose of romance and a passel of lead and gun-smoke. (Gunslinger Series #3)
Ash Lingam was born and raised in Southern Ohio, not far from the mighty Ohio River. He had somewhat of an isolated upbringing on a family farm with his sisters. His best friends were his horse, Sugar, and his grandfather. Born in 1886, the family patriarch grew crops, raised cattle, and doted on the young boy. At his grandfather’s side, Ash learned about livestock and firearms at an early age. His grandad carried an old Colt with him at all times, helping spawn a young boy’s dreams of yesteryear. Ash was only eight years old when his grandad taught him how to trap muskrats to prevent them from draining the farm’s ponds. He gave him a double-barreled shotgun at twelve and taught him how to hunt to put food on the table. It wasn’t long before Ash was breaking horses. His spirited Tennessee Walker never allowed any other rider on her back. Together, they searched through the plowed fields in the spring, looking for Miami Indian arrowheads to add to his grandfather’s ample collection. Ash’s family was among the early settlers in pre-Revolutionary America. He has traced his lineage back to around 1746 when his ancestors immigrated from Europe to the aspiring American Colonies. A retired marketing executive, Ash devotes his spare time to training police dogs and writing novels. He has found his niche in the Western, historical fiction, and adventure genres. With his vast vault of experience, he never runs out of sources for new stories. He has lived in eleven different countries and worked in a total of forty-six, To date, Ash has written approximately 130 novels, short stories, and poems. More than one hundred of his eclectic titles help the American frontier come alive for his readers.
A different view of the legendary Tom Horn, Ash Lingham introduces Tom horn as a young man and a scout for the US Army in New Mexico during the Apache wars. Ash crafts a compelling tale of grit and determination in an attempt to rescue the stolen son of a rich family. They have help from a tired old Apache who knows more than he shares, but in the end helps them recover the child.