William Post is the author of several novels of a variety of genres. Many are westerns as this book is, but he has World War I and World War II as well as the Civil War stories. Post was raised in West Texas was educated at Texas A.& M. and served in the U. S. Navy. After his service he became a surveyor for the Southern Pacific Railroad. This took him to the wilds of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, where he learned the lore of those areas. Post is licensed as a civil engineer and surveyor with the state of California. He retired as the Chief Engineer of the Long Beach Water Department. Taking an early retirement he began his writing career. Post is an Evangelic Christian and this thread is seen throughout the fabric of his stories. He now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and extended family.