In Wild Lands: Three Western Novels (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781956716009)

Lucas Schmidt's collection of three stand-alone western novels with mystery, romance, adventure, suspense, drama, fighting, Apaches, emotion and more!

The Wanted

A cowboy named Jake McAlister leaves Kansas and travels to Lake Valley, New Mexico to find the rustlers who killed his brother. He finds out what happened to his brother while his own criminal past is brought into the light. It's only when Jake finds love in Silver City that he truly comes to terms with his own past. But there is one man left, the final surviving rustler who helped kill his brother, and Jake intends to find him, even if he has to travel across the country to reach him. Going back and forth between hunter and hunted, The Wanted is a fast-paced historical fiction novel about love, regret and violence.

Courage Stands Alone

Cord Cordeu, a migrant worker trying to forget his past, gets caught in a land feud between two men. The dispute is related to a valuable lot of 500 acres that Jim Peterson refuses to sell. But as Cord investigates into the man harassing Mr. Peterson, it turns violent. While Cord works for a farm nearby, Jim Peterson finds out that Cord has a lawless past and he's unsure about turning him into the law. With mystery, romance, history and adventure, Courage Stands Alone is an unusual Western adventure novel about letting go of the past and moving on.

Bear Creek Massacre

Based on true events, a U.S. Marshal escorts a stagecoach around the Gila Apache Reservation in 1873 but is ambushed by Apaches. The wounded marshal rides in the snowstorm during the night until he sees a lone cabin in the mountains. He rides to the cabin in the distance, but his strength is waning and he's not sure if he's being followed. The wounded U.S. Marshal will have to turn around and fight if he wants to survive, even though he is outnumbered. Bear Creek Massacre is a historical fiction novel about courage, love and honor that depicts perspectives from both settlers and Apaches.

Three novels for one low price. All three Old West novels show the west in all its colors, from 1873 New Mexico to 1880s California and 1899 Texas, with true people like Jim Courtright and Ernest L. Ransome making appearances.