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The doctors told him he had only a few months to live and there was nothing they could do. But death wasn't what scared T.J. Littlejohn; he had a wife and three children, and nothing to leave them but a tiny slice of East Texas prairie and a handful of cows. He needed money and he needed it fast. A wanted poster in the sheriff's office gave him the answer - he became a bounty hunter.

This is the fourth audiobook in the "Mars Series". Mars is divided, as not one, but two princes and a Jeddak vie for the love of Thuvia of Ptarth. When she is mysteriously kidnapped, treachery threatens to throw Barsoom into a bloody war. Now Cathoris must follow in the footsteps of his famous father, John Carter. He must overcome phantom armies, dangerous spies, and savage beasts in a heroic attempt to rescue not only his true love, but to save and reunite Mars.

This is audiobook #18 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus was cursed by Christ on Golgtha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving, and waiting for Christ to return. In this book, it is the turn of the century in colonial China, and Casca is a British soldier with a choice: a suicide mission, or the agony of death on the gallows. To avoid the rope, he must penetrate the heart of the mysterious land and bring back word of the impending revolution.

His name was Kuuna Puuku. His exploits were legendary and whispered around Comanche campfires. Rumor had it he was almost invincible. He led a roving band of renegade Comanche that looted, plundered, raped, and slaughtered settlers all over west Texas at will - until he visited Shawgo's valley. They murdered Shawgo's wife and family, burned his house, butchered his cattle, and stole his horses!

Dodge Mercer has lead the life of a gunslinger. Hungry for the quiet life, he drifts west looking for a chance to build a spread of his own. He decides on the rugged, dangerous Tonto Basin country of Arizona, and is welcomed to stay and work with the Lilley clan. Nan Lilley is the most beautiful woman Dodge has ever seen. In his quest for her love, he runs up against tough, two-fisted Buck Hathaway, who claims Nan for his own.

A genuine and vivid chronicle of frontier days along the Ohio River, when a cocked rifle and a soft step were the surest means of survival.

When John Curry, galloping across the desert to save the life of an Indian child, was thrown from his horse and badly injured, he was rescued by a woman whose husband became his deadly enemy - for Wilbur Newton was both jealous and afraid. He was jealous of the love of his beautiful and lonely wife, who seemed each day more powerfully attracted to the dashing Curry, and fearful for the safety of an ingenious scheme.

Tina Wanski and her husband, Raul, discover how much cattle ranchers in Southern Colorado hate sheep when the ranchers drive them out and kill Raul. Except for her herders, Tina is left alone to drive her sheep to the Tongue River Valley in Montana. She soon becomes hardened to the problems facing a sheep owner as they trail through cattle country. But she becomes more determined to show the cattlemen that she is not going to be pushed around and tries desperately to gain a foothold in Montana.

These 12 stories reflect the combat infantry experience of the Vietnam War--in the gritty “Tanks”, “Called of God”, and “Incubation Period”. There’s also the woman’s perspective of Arlene, a naive Red Cross volunteer or “Doughnut Dolly” in “A Man’s World".

Amara was once the beautiful Princess of Egypt. Now, 4,000 years later, she and her coffin are merely prized exhibits of the Charles Ward Museum. If you were to look at her today, you would see only a brittle bundle of bones and dried skin. But looks can be very deceiving, as Barney, the museum's night watchman, finds out. You cannot kill what is already dead.

It's a hot, hot night. Too hot to be making love, unless your romance is young, like Sherry's and Duane's. It's their first time, and the anticipation is killing. There's just one problem: they have no condoms. Duane goes out to get some, but then Sherry hears what sounds like a gunshot.

With 5 million copies in print, The Penetrator novel series has thrilled readers around the world for years. The series features the action and adventures of Mark Hardin as he wages a continuing war against crime, corruption, and evil organizations from around the world in order to protect the innocent. With, "The Target Is H", find out how it all began and what events lead to Mark Hardin's quest for justice. A quest where he must not only go up against the criminals but at times law enforcement officials who wish to stop him.

Army scout, Indian fighter, bounty hunter, and great nephew of the legendary frontiersman, Daniel Boone, Jedidiah hung up his guns and retired to his mountain hideaway. But an Apache massacre and the kidnapping of two young girls changed all that. Jedidiah will need all his skills and more as he battles the harsh elements of the vast New Mexico deserts, and the warriors of the Apache in a desperate attempt to rescue the captive girls before it is too late.

The Call of the Wild is the thrilling story of Buck, a domestic dog from California kidnapped and thrust into the harsh, physical world of the Yukon, a land of danger and ferocity, a land of wolves, blizzards, and treacherous frozen rivers that swallow up entire dog teams. Here is where Buck must learn to survive. He must become as wild and vicious as the wilderness that surrounds him...or die!

The incidents of the book are real ones, drawn in part from the writer's personal experiences and observations as a soldier of the Union during that war. He is also indebted to many comrades for reminiscences of battle and prison life. The perilous escape of Jed and Dick, from Andersonville down the Flint and Apalachicola Rivers, to the Gulf of Mexico, is in substance the narrative of a comrade whom the writer knew at Andersonville, and afterwards met when the war had closed. The descriptions of the prison are especially truthful, for in them the author briefly tells what he saw.

Silas Johnson was on the fast track to becoming a foreman at a local ranch in Brownfield, Texas. However, backing down from a gunfight with a good-for-nothing thug changed everything and ruined his future. A lonely shack to come home to after a day at his dead-end job - no prospects in sight. Silas is tired of his no good life now. He wants to turn it around and gain the respect of the town, but doesn't know how.

Bounty hunters Frank Vito and Ellie Stockwell are on the trail of Bloody Bob Anderson, a dark and endlessly violent case that will lead them straight to winding streets of New Orleans. Luckily for them, there are those in the Big Easy who want to see Bloody Bob stopped and are more than willing to lend a helping hand. But as the bodies begin to pile up and police suspicion turns the wrong direction entirely, it becomes more and more apparent Bloody Bob is not working alone...and he knows Frank and Ellie are coming for him.

When a prostitute turns up murdered in Texas with all the hallmarks of Jack the Ripper, and Scotland Yard suspects Jack is an American on the run, Edwin Greaves, an English reporter, knows where he has to go to write the story of a lifetime. However, gruesome murder isn't all that he'll find in America. Frank Vito and his partner Ellie Stockwell are on the hunt for their elusive bounty Bloody Bob Anderson and come across the reporter on a stagecoach to Abilene. They learn all the gory details of the Ripper murders in London, and his suspicions that Jack the Ripper has struck again.

It's 1885 in Austin, Texas, and a string of grisly murders has put the entire country on edge. Eight murders have happened within city limits, each in eerily similar circumstances, and the police are no closer to catching the culprit than when they started. Austin needs a hero to put an end to this brutal reign of terror, and fast. Enter bounty hunter Frank Vito. Brought in by the marshal to help solve the Servant Girl Murders, as the papers are now calling them, Frank is damned and determined to put a stop to these killings...especially when they hit just a little too close to home.

Trouble follows bounty hunter Frank Vito wherever he goes. But when he arrives in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the spring of 1885, what he discovers there is far worse than he expected. His partner, who sent for him, has been murdered while in pursuit of a dangerous bounty. And the killer isn't done yet. Vito is fighting against time, the townspeople of Lynchburg, and a sheriff seemingly determined to cover up every detail about the crime. However, he must follow the trail his dead partner left behind and uncover the truth lurking in the shadows of this small town.