02647cam a2200397 i 4500 734304750 TxAuBib 20230327120000.0 221228s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022039783 9781496740380 HRD 1496740386 HRD TxAuBib rda Johnstone, William W, author. Desolation Creek [Print] / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2023. 297 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Smoke Jensen ; 5 Johnstone Country. Where Dying Ain't Much of a Living. Smoke Jensen settled in Colorado to build a legacy for his wife Sally and their family. In the days before their Sugarloaf Ranch would become legendary across the western frontier, the Jensens fought not only to succeed but to survive in an untamed land full of wild, often barbaric men who sought fortune and glory while killing with violent glee. DESOLATION CREEK Building a ranch takes heart and grit. Smoke and Sally Jensen are more than capable of meeting the challenges of shaping the land, raising the livestock, and establishing their brand. But Smoke wasn't always an entrepreneur. He's more apt to settle accounts with a fast draw than a checkbook. And when he learns his old friend Preacher has been ambushed by outlaws, he wastes no time saddling up and hitting the vengeance trail with his fellow mountain men Audie and Nighthawk. Preacher's attackers have taken over the town of Desolation Creek deep in Montana Territory. Their scurrilous leader, Vernon "Venom" McFadden, has his men harassing terrified homesteaders and townsfolk to get his hands on nearby property that's rumored to be rich with gold. Smoke and his friends--and Sally, who refused to be left behind--drift into town one by one with a plan to root out Venom's gang of prairie rats and put the big blast on each and every one. Provided by publisher. 20230327. In memory of Travis McLin. Jensen, Smoke Fiction. Outlaws Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life Fiction. Ranchers Fiction. Western fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Novels. Johnstone, J. A, author. Smoke Jensen ; 5. TXTLL