Skeleton Lode
Jun 2011 · The Sundown Riders Book 8 · Sold by Penguin
4.4star
14 reviews
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About this ebook
The chase is on and the stakes are high in this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series.
They’re ex-cowpunchers looking to strike it rich—and not having much success. When they deliver a wagon of scotch to a shantytown saloon, the bartender drops dead before paying. No sooner do they take over the bar as payment than it burns to the ground. The cloud above Arlo Wells and Dallas Holt has no silver lining…
They finally get a break when they receive a message from an old friend, along with a map. It seems the grizzled prospector finally hit the mother lode in the Superstitious Mountains, only to die shortly thereafter. His last wish was for the two boys to find his beloved nieces and share the claim with them—easy money, except for a few minor problems…
Like the despicable stepfather who’s got the nieces, a gang of hired gunmen, and the other half of the map and the Apaches who’ll slaughter anyone daring to tread the ground of their sacred mountains. For Arlo and Dallas, this lucky break may be the worst thing ever to happen to them…
More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
They’re ex-cowpunchers looking to strike it rich—and not having much success. When they deliver a wagon of scotch to a shantytown saloon, the bartender drops dead before paying. No sooner do they take over the bar as payment than it burns to the ground. The cloud above Arlo Wells and Dallas Holt has no silver lining…
They finally get a break when they receive a message from an old friend, along with a map. It seems the grizzled prospector finally hit the mother lode in the Superstitious Mountains, only to die shortly thereafter. His last wish was for the two boys to find his beloved nieces and share the claim with them—easy money, except for a few minor problems…
Like the despicable stepfather who’s got the nieces, a gang of hired gunmen, and the other half of the map and the Apaches who’ll slaughter anyone daring to tread the ground of their sacred mountains. For Arlo and Dallas, this lucky break may be the worst thing ever to happen to them…
More Than Six Million Ralph Compton Books In Print!
Ratings and reviews
4.4
14 reviews
raymond davis
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January 3, 2022
story line and characters are great...knowledge of locations stink: story takes place in 1859? saguaro lake formed 1930, salt river is north of superstitions, weavers needle is on north side half way between salt and superstition, gila sheriff is out of globe/Miami not Phoenix which is in Maricopa County and so on...Arizona not a territory until after Civil War (in 59 was part of New Mexico territory).
JOSHUA Myers (Joshua)
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March 28, 2023
Great story. Someone should make a movie of this.
Ronald Elizondo
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June 6, 2024
great read.
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 also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series.
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