Ralph Compton Face of a Snake

Bernard Schaffer · Ralph Compton

Feb 2021 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

The latest thrilling installment in Ralph Compton's bestselling Gunfighter series.

The law only caught up with the Venom Snakes and their bitter rivals, the Red Trail Gang, because they were so busy killing each other.

Now, after twenty years in prison, Ashford Sinclair is broke and broken. Without his gang behind him, the once fearsome leader of the Snakes is reduced to eking out a solitary living as a fur trapper. One day, news comes that his son William has married the daughter of Henry Odell, erstwhile leader of the Red Trail Gang.

Furious at his son’s betrayal, Sinclair vows he’ll never speak to him again. But when William is murdered in a land dispute and a gang of hired guns starts threatening his grandson next, Sinclair has no choice but to join forces with his most hated enemy—as the two outlaw grandpas ride for justice!

Ratings and reviews

Loved this western book. Two of the meanest outlaws gangs who are stormed enemies of each. They leaders Ashland Sinclair and Henry Odell survive after gang gave off. The sheriff wants them hanged but the judge had other plans and they both went to Prison for 20 years. Fast pace book. Complex with realistic characters and emotions! Worthy of 5 stars

About the author

Ralph Compton stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was the USA Today bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Riders series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.

Bernard Schaffer is an author and full-time police detective. A twenty-year law enforcement veteran, he is a decorated criminal investigator, narcotics expert, and child forensic interviewer. He is the author of numerous independently published books and The Thief of All Light from Kensington Publishing.