Author: Richard S. Wheeler

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 9781250785817

Two classic novels of Skye's West by one of America's great Western storytellers, Richard S. Wheeler. Sun River Barnaby Skye is big, tough, and knows the West as few others do. He’s agreed to lead a party of missionaries to the Blackfoot Nation, and to get there, they must pass through land controlled by the Crow and patrolled by the Cheyenne. Before they can face the dangers on the road, though, they must stop fighting among themselves about everything, including the decisions Skye is making. For without his help, they have no chance at all. Bannack If Barnaby Skye had not wanted the new Henry repeating rifle so badly, he would have thought more than twice about leading this particular group of pilgrims from Ft. Laramie into the new Idaho territory. The company includes Alvah Riddle, marriage broker, escorting three mail-order brides; Goldtooth Joyce and other sporting women from a house in Memphis, looking to get rich quick; Blueberry Hill, runaway slave and piano player; and the man calling himself Cornelius Vanderbilt—a gambling man with a fixed deck and hidden guns. Even before the trip began, Skye knew this group would be trouble. Then come the deserters, the flash flood, and the village of Old Bull, and the real trouble begins.