An exciting Western tale of a honorable thief who steals from crooks and ends up saving a family from the ruthless and conniving hands of a cousin who is trying to insert himself into their fortunes. There’s lots of action with good characterizations and even some political and philosophical insights that gives the story a depth of being more than just an action yarn. There’s a hired investigator, who saves him repeatedly, at risk to himself, and there is a lovely girl who ...

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author best known for his thoughtful Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Prolific in many genres, he wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. This is one of his work. Three men, each traveling alone, head for the town of Loomis, where they will meet in a violent confrontation that will leave one of them dead by morning. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary cha...

Carrick Dunmore seemed to be nothing more than a happy-go-lucky cowboy whose main pastimes were drinking and sleeping. He wasn’t the kind of man who could challenge Jim Tankerton, the outlaw chief whose cruel violence terrorized the countryside. But Dunmore had a few tricks to outwit old Jim... One of many recommended westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literar...

This fast-paced story is about a tough rebel named Destry who is sent to prison for years, serving time for a crime he did not commit. Once out, he aims to seek revenge on the 12 jury members who sent him to prison and voted for his incarceration. However, his mission isn’t to kill but to find other unique ways as punishment and to make their lives miserable. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brand’s remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest wester...

Raw frontier action is epitomized in Lee Porfilo. With a penchant for settling his problems with his fists, a penniless fighter constantly in trouble, he finds himself framed for murder by wealthy and powerful ranchers. Now he has an enemy for life. In a desperate bid to prove his innocence, flees into the wilderness, with the law and bounty hunters in hot pursuit. An interesting story written in the older style of language usage that you’ll find in other Max Brand western ...

A Novel of Adventure. A quest for a fabulous treasure. The ordeal of Sam Culver. He gets mugged and shanghaied aboard the ship Spindrift. A race for exquisite pearls belonging to a man who is about to die. Prolific in many genres Max Brand wrote historical novels, detective mysteries, pulp fiction stories and many more. "The Luck of the Spindrift" is not the usual Max Brand Western - it’s a South Seas treasure hunt adventure. The plot is well constructed with well drawn sub...

At 30, Bill Naylor had spent half his life behind bars. Free again, and while looking for a new job, he saves a man from drowning. For Bill Naylor, there are all the others in the world, when it comes to being an outlaw, and there is Barry Christian. For Bill, Christian is the best, and the two wind up together, so Bill is all too ready to do the toughest thing that Christian has to throw his way. It involves killing Silvertip. It is Naylor’s chance to prove himself, and he...

In his last evil plan, the dying Steve Wycombe wills his land, stock, and cash to his three worst enemies, Morris Delgas, Harry Rutherford, and Jim Silver, with the knowledge that sooner or later there would be violence over the inheritance. He actually dictates his will while dying from being shot in the stomach. He makes them, one honest man and two crooked, run his ranch. He knows that it is only a matter of time before they come to blows, but that is exactly what he wan...

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you’ll like "The Rangeland Avenger" by Max Brand. When Riley Sinclair heads into the town of Sour Creek to seek vengeance for the death of his brother, he doesn’t expect any trouble given his reputation and his skills with a gun. He is not prepared for Cold Feet, however, a man locally known for his abject lack of courage and his non existent fighting skills. A soft spoken but ruthless gunm...

The story of young, hardworking rancher John Saxon who suffers abuse from the mean-spirited Bob Witherell. With a great show of self-discipline and character, Saxon gains skill as a gunsman, and takes down Witherell in a duel ... but Witherell is not ordinary bully, he is also the brother of the notorious outlaw, The Solitaire, of national repute and a "list of dead men ... long and crowded with important names. One of many recommended Westerns by this prolific author. Fred...

Rodeo Ranch has earned its name from the rodeo that the wealthy, aged Ramon Alvarez sponsors there. An attempt has been made on Alvarez’s life, and Alvarez believes his would-be killer is a member of a secret league bent on his destruction. He approaches Duds Kobbe, winner of the rodeo’s shooting competition, and offers him a job as a personal bodyguard, promising a fabulous reward for doing the job. The only catch is that, while employed, Kobbe cannot leave the Alvarez est...

Riders of the Silences was written under the pseudonym of John Frederick. The story is a Western saga based in part on Arthurian legends. Pierre le Rouge, the bastard child of Martin Ryder and his red-haired mistress, was sent off as an infant to be raised by Canadian friars. When his father sends for him after being wounded by the legendary gunman McGurk, Pierre races eight hundred miles to Martin’s side, determined to avenge his father’s attack. This Western from prolific...

No writer captured the excitement, humanity, or adventure of the American West better than Max Brand. ""Silvertip’s Roundup"" is and Old Western tale of adventure told by Max Brand, one of America’s favorite Western writers. Brand tells the story of the legendary Arizona Jim ""Silvertip"" Silver, who shoots fast, stays cook, and brings to justice killers and thieves who make a habit of taking the law into their own hands. No criminal was safe from Silvertip’s brilliant mind...

Max Brand (1892-1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy. This is one of his work. The plot is well con...

Czekałeś na śmierć? Właśnie po ciebie przyszłam. Podobno zdjęcia kradną dusze… Komisarz Eryk Deryło tkwi w śpiączce. W jego umyśle przewijają się poszarpane sceny. Tymczasem w Lublinie dochodzi do wyjątkowo sadystycznych morderstw. Na biurko Tamary Haler trafiają zagadkowe zdjęcia zbrodni. Sprawca, który nazywa siebie Fotografem, pogrywa z policją i społeczeństwem. Śledczy muszą działać szybko, by dopaść szaleńca. Migawka aparatu znowu pstryknęła. Kolejna dusza zostanie ...

Każdy jest mordercą, wszystko zależy od perspektywy i okoliczności.Grzechy kościoła, seryjny morderca rokrocznie składający ofiarę, sztuka artystycznego profilowania.Ta książka odbierze wam dech!Kościelni dygnitarze powierzają bratu Hektorowi delikatną misję. Ma przekonać pewnego księdza do zrezygnowania z kapłaństwa oraz wyznania mrocznego sekretu.Tymczasem zbliża się dzień, w którym Jubileuszowy Morderca składa swoją coroczną ofiarę. Śledczy za wszelką cenę chcą go powstrzy...

Czy da się oszukać zawodowego oszusta? Klaus przekonuje się o tym na własnej skórze, kiedy postanawia skończyć ze złodziejskim fachem. Chcąc zmienić swoje życie wraca do rodzinnego miasta. Tam jednak zaczynają go nękać upiory przeszłości, a nad jego rodziną zawisa śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo.To historia zdesperowanego człowieka uwikłanego we własne kłamstwa, który ponad wszystko stawia jednak spokój bliskich i miłość do kobiety.Opowieść o tym, jak trudno podejmować proste zd...

ŚMIERĆ NIE POZWALA O SOBIE ZAPOMNIEĆ. NIE MOŻNA OD NIEJ UCIEC. W Krakowie dochodzi do serii wyjątkowo brutalnych zbrodni. Ktoś naśladuje jednego z najokrutniejszych morderców wszechczasów. Zabójstwa przypominają wynaturzone dzieła sztuki. Morderca nigdy nie pozwala, by śmierć jego ofiar była zbyt szybka i mało spektakularna. Słynny Mortalista, Honoriusz Mond, wierzy w fizykę oraz w biologię. Odrzuca siły nadprzyrodzone oraz wiarę w reinkarnację. Jednak czy to możliwe, ...

STRACH TO ŻYCIE. CI, KTÓRZY CHCĄ UMRZEĆ, NIE CZUJĄ STRACHU.Honoriusz Mond nie wierzy w pecha. Jednak nie dość, że za sprawą niedawnego śledztwa ożywają w nim przerażające demony z przeszłości, to pewnego dnia dostaje niezrozumiałą wiadomość. Jej nadawcą ma być sama Śmierć.W przeciwieństwie do Monda, Allegra Szmit wierzy w zjawiska paranormalne. Tymczasem ktoś, kto wciąga ich w szaloną grę, najwyraźniej zna tajemnice, których strzegą wyłącznie umarli.W Krakowie dochodzi d...

Historia Johanna Reichharta, człowieka, który wykonał najwięcej egzekucji w dziejach ludzkości. CZY MOŻNA GO UZNAĆ ZA ZBRODNIARZA? A MOŻE KAT ZAWSZE JEST NIEWINNY? Johann Reichhart pozbawił życia co najmniej 3165 osób. Nie interesowały go ich płeć, wiek ani powód skazania. Nikt przed nim nie zabijał tak szybko i tak skutecznie. Trudno uwierzyć w makabryczne rekordy, które ustanawiał, a jednak to wszystko wydarzyło się naprawdę. Sposoby wykonywania egzekucji, ich tempo, a ...

Max Gallo w fascynujący sposób opisał historię życia Napoleona, który odniósł największe zwycięstwo – żyje w pamięci potomnych. Jest nieśmiertelny. Pierwsza część zbeletryzowanej biografii najsłynniejszego Francuza. Opowiada o początkach niezwykłego losu człowieka, który wyrósł w czasach rewolucji francuskiej, w chwili zaś jej zakończenia był już generałem. Miał za sobą błyskotliwą karierę we Włoszech i już snuł marzenia na miarę Aleksandra Wielkiego. W roku 1799 roku trz...

Max Brand is an American writer, considered one of the best authors working in the Western genre. A gunman’s reckoning is his understanding, and here, we have several gunmen and women, one in a main role, whose understandings of life ineluctably draw them together. „Gunman’s Reckoning” is a psychological novel, with roots in Greek tragedy and with twists worthy of far better known writers.

„Lindley Parker Sessions, commandant of the Yard, stood with his hand on his hips and looked up. There is a saying that even the Devil would make a sailor if he could only learn to look up. However, the Rear Admiral was not staring at the leech of a sail; he was watching the ironworkers as they ran up a new portion of the ways. Welders did most of the construction in the Yard, but for lack of them at this point, Lieutenant Commander Henry Jervis, who supplied the engineering ...

Hometown Cowboy was an easy introduction into the Rocky Mountain Riders. Sexy cowboy, a heroine who’s a dreamer and rescues animals, chocolate, a darling little pig, family struggles and mending broken relationships. Hometown Cowboy was a tempting introduction to the Rocky Mountain Riders.