Kellen Malone had just spent seven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. During that time, Clay Adkins had stolen his wife, his son, and his ranch. But now that Kellen is free, he is coming back for overdue justice—with a vengeance. When Kellen rode into town, Clay was concerned, but when he saw Skull Clements riding with him as a friend, Clay knew he was in trouble and that death indeed had come to Redhawk. Kellen Malone was fast, but not nearly as fast as some of those he’d buried. His new friend, Skull, killed for money, while Kellen killed only on principle—those who needed it, or those who cried out for the dying. And in Kellen’s mind, no one needed killing more than Clay Adkins.
R.G. Yoho is a West Virginia native with a passion for history and tales of the American West. A proud member of the Western Writers of America and a 2022 Spur Award finalist, he's author of the five-book Kellen Malone Western series as well as books of historical fiction and nonfiction.
Yoho is also America's foremost authority on the life of Baldwin-Felts Agent and notorious coal mine spy, Charles E. Lively, who he profiled in the biography, "Charles E. Lively. The Deadliest Man in the West Virginia-Colorado Coal Mine Wars."
Yoho's varied career includes speaker, radio talk show host and political columnist, as well as a retired laboratory technician and process operator in the chemicals industry. Yoho is also the past president of the West Virginia Writers, Inc.
He lives in Southeast Ohio, near the Ohio-West Virginia border, with his wife of 43 years. They have three children, a nephew who is like a son and twelve grandchildren.
Yoho grew up on a cattle farm. Today, along with his son and grandsons, the author raises registered Texas Longhorns.
Gosh I do love Westerns. This is a very good story with very interesting characters. You really don't want to put it down once you start it. If you like Westerns, this is a book you'll want to read.
"Death Comes to Redhawk" is the first book in the Kellen Malone adventure series. In this book, like the second, Yoho crafts a thrilling Western like those many of us grew up with. The colorful characters and the vivid settings add to a fast paced and well crafted story.
J. Keith Jones Reviewer Author of In Due Time Editor of Boys of Diamond Hill: The Lives and Civil War Letters of the Boyd Family of Abberville County
This was a page Turner. Deftly written and made me want to keep reading to find out what will happen next. These characters were well fleshed out and interacted with believable actions. Was a quick and satisfying read.