Hell Ride to Abilene: Smoking Guns Collection, Western Action & Adventure

Outrun the storm. Outfight the enemy. Outlast the trail.The frontier doesn’t forgive.Rafe Maddox knows it better than most. He’s fought in war, buried brothers, and clawed his way back to a dying ranch on the lawless edge of Texas. Now, with debt closing in and a ruthless land baron tightening his grip on the range, Maddox is out of time.His last gamble is a cattle drive to Abilene—three thousand longhorns, a handful of hardened men, and a trail that kills the unprepared.Through choking grit, stampedes, floods, and gunfire, Maddox must lead his men across hostile territory where the law means nothing and survival means everything. At his side are the only men he trusts—men who have each other’s backs, scarred veterans bound by a past they can’t escape—and a war-hardened dog who senses danger before it strikes.A dust storm hits like the wrath of God, scattering cattle across miles of hostile land. When the storm clears, Maddox finds more than strays—he finds a dying man with a warning. Hired guns are already ahead of them. Water holes watched. Ambushes laid. The trail north has become a killing ground.And worse—someone in his outfit may be leading the enemy straight to them.Now every mile is a fight.Because this isn’t just a cattle drive.It’s a reckoning.For loyalty. For survival. For everything they fought to keep after the war took it all.And when the shooting starts, only one truth remains—Some men ride for money.Others ride for each other. Read more