In the days leading up to the Battle of Rosebud Creek, reluctant Cavalry private Mason Hall saves the life of Ghostwind, a native American seer, and finds himself torn between her people and the people of his birth. By the author of High Freedom.

Thunder in the dawn

Murray, Earl

Forge

In the days leading up to the Battle of Rosebud Creek, reluctant Cavalry private Mason Hall saves the life of Ghostwind, a native American seer, and finds himself torn between her people and the people of his birth

Thunder in the Dawn

Literature & Fiction

United States

A fictional account of the battle at Little Big Horn and the personalities involved makes use of historical records and Native American oral histories to draw convincing portraits of Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, and others

Flaming Sky: A Novel of the Little Bighorn

In The Arms of the Sky

In the 1870s, Isabella Bird, the daughter of an Anglican clergyman, defies the restrictions of Victorian society to leave home to travel the world and braves untold perils and hardships to achieve her goal of becoming the first woman to climb Long's Peak, the highest point in the Colorado Rockies.

In the Arms of the Sky

The River at Sundown

After the Civil War, Holly Porter and her young son, Justin, journey to the Montana Territory wilderness to find her gold-fevered husband, Isaac. Near Fort Phil Kearny, she and Justin are captured by a renegade band of Sioux and separated. In captivity and under the guidance of Old Calf Woman, a venerable Blackfoot medicine woman, Holly becomes know as Wolf Woman for the wolf-skin jacket she wears. But her mission remains unaltered: She must find and rescue her son, known to be living among Red Cloud's people-and to do so she needs the help of army officer Lane Hodges, a tough frontier soldier trying to make peace with Red Cloud. She is also determined to be reunited with Isaac who, being duped by his gold-mining partners and at the mercy of his evil brother, has lost hope that she and Justin are still alive.

Forge Books

Spirit of the Moon

Young Elizabeth, also known as Spirit of the Moon, travels with her father and a company of Hudson's Bay trappers into the unknown country of the Coyotero and becomes the strength and hope of the entire expedition as it battles a murderous band of renegades and hostile Native Americans

Gabriella

In 1846, young Englishwoman Claire McFarlane is traveling in the United States with her fiance when the unexpected love of another man, who is also her companion's bitter rival, forces her to make a difficult choice

Even today the American West remains a frontier of mystery and intrigue, filled with the spirits of trappers and traders, Native Americans and settlers. These spirits have been sighted while haunting the West's beautiful and rugged land. In Ghosts of the Old West, acclaimed Western author Earl Murray conveys these stories in a narration so eerie and so chilling we advise reading this with all the lights on in the safety of your home.
Saddle up, my friend, and take a ride into the unknown. Traveling through Murray's West, you'll encounter: a soldier at Fort Laramie, dead for almost two centuries, who still insists on silence during war-strategy meetings, and La Llarona, also known as the weeping woman, who roams the hills and valleys of the Spanish Southwest. You'll hear stories of the Little People with their hidden powers and the Snake People, who are feared by the Native Americans to this day. And many, many more. Come along my friend, but be wary--the night comes early out here, early and dark.

Ghosts of the Old West: Desert Spirits, Haunted Cabins, Lost Trails, and Other Strange Encounters (Ghosts of the Old West, 1)

History

Americas

Tor Books

You Can Almost Taste the Old West!Renowned for his detailed research and compelling characters, Earl Murray is an esteemed name in the historical fiction of the American Frontier and he proves it again in his newest novel of Old California.Los Angeles . . . in the1850s. John Dimas, a California Ranger goes undercover, following treacherous trails deep into the Sierra Nevada gold country in an attempt to do the impossible--infiltrate the elusive band of California's most notorious desperado, the feared Joaquin Murrieta. The course of this journey will take Dimas through a beautiful but perilous land, searching the daytime arenas where bullfights entertain bloodthirsty audiences, the midnight faro games and fandango halls where knife and pistol rule the night.Along the way, he will meet Maura Walsh, a beautiful lady of means come to unite with her fiancé, Trenton Kerns, a man with a dangerous connection to the evil and powerful Don Luis Markham. In a twist of treacherous fate,  Dimas' secret mission will place him squarely in Markham's path. It is a confrontation he cannot hope to win. . . .Set against the raw turbulence and sudden violence of California's Gold Rush and the exploits of the famed Joaquin Murietta--the real-life inspiration for Zorro--Earl Murray's riveting new novel wonderfully re-creates a fascinating period in American history with the tension of a high-voltage thriller.

Blood and Bitter Wind: A Novel of the California Gold Fields

Contemporary

On Treacherous Ground: Secret Stories of the West

The American West has long inspired intrigue and violence-everything from gunfights at the OK Corral to modern-day murders, scandals, and botched investigations that dominate the nation's headlines. With many of them based on actual events, this collection of short stories takes on the West in all of its treacherous guises: from the Old West, where Joaquim Murietta, the real-life inspiration for Zorro, battles California Rangers who are out for his head, to modern-day Montana, where one man's wealth takes him into the dark corners of the illegal artifacts trade and where another sees murder as a viable way to take over his neighbor's life. Bizarre, fascinating, and eminently imaginative, this veteran writer of America's last wild and secluded places shows us the West in all of its grim splendor, with just enough disguise to protect the guilty.

Genre Fiction

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