Curse of Texas Gold

Curse of Texas Gold

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

Welcome to a Texas Boom Town — Where outlaws ride roughshod and lawmen are laid low!Where a vicious gang, greed-crazed for gold, guns down anyone who stands in their path! Where Walt Slade, undercover ace of the Texas Rangers, is marked for death because he alone knows the twisted trail that led to their deadly secret!This is another in the long-running series of exciting Westerns about Walt Slade, the most fearless of the Texas Rangers.
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Gunsmoke Talk

Gunsmoke Talk

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

El Paso was ready for trouble, as Ranger undercover agent Walt Slade found when he rode in — and was nearly gunned down by quick-triggered citizens, suspicious of any stranger. For a stranger might be one of the dreaded Starlight Riders, who raided and burned from their mysterious mountain hideout, threatening to destroy the Texan ranchers and farmers who refused to pay "protection money." In his role of the "outlaw" El Halcon, Slade prowled the Border Hills and the back streets of El Paso, hunting the Riders' brilliant mastermind — and keeping his hands close to his guns, because when the Ranger and his quarry met it would be time for gunsmoke talk!
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Ambush Trail

Ambush Trail

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

One by one they faced him. One by one they died...Only four hours after Walt Slade landed in Los Angeles, he was locked in a desperate life-and-death struggle with the gang of killers he had trailed over a thousand miles.One by one they faced him. One by one they died — until at last he was up against the vicious, deadly remnants whose orders from their leader were —"KILL SLADE — ANY WAY YOU CAN!"
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Gunsight Showdown: A Walt Slade Western

Gunsight Showdown: A Walt Slade Western

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

A RACE WITH DEATH!The mighty bridge crossing the Rio Grande was to be the final step in the completion of the railroad and the taming of the West. But when Ranger Walt Slade saw the plans, he knew there was a sinister enemy at work — for the bridge was being built deliberately so that it would collapse at the first flood! Tracking his hidden adversary, facing ambush, arson, and dynamite blasts, the undercover ace of the Texas Rangers fights through until he and his quarry come face to face in a Gunsight Showdown.
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Death's Corral

Death's Corral

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

A bloody gun feud between rival freight haulers threatened to rip apart the peace and quiet of Sanderson, Texas until Walt Slade — the undercover Texas Ranger — compelled law and order. But each side accused the other of murder as a brutal series of killings, robberies, and bank hold-ups roused the passion of the warring factions. Slade knew different. He knew that the clever, cruel pattern of the crimes was the unique work of a special breed of outlaw. And he also knew that if he didn't catch Juan Cavelo soon, a tranquil town in Texas would surely become...DEATH'S CORRAL!
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The Hate Trail

The Hate Trail

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

They called Amarillo "the Cowboy Capital" — but "Corpse-and-Cartridge City" would have been a better name after Veck Sosna and his Comancheros rode In!Walt Slade, undercover ace of the Texas Rangers, tried every dodge he knew to trap Sosna, but the tricky, vicious outlaw was always one step ahead of him...until the bullet-filled night when Ranger and bandit chief met face to face at the end of The Hate Trail!
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Trail of Blood and Bones: A Walt Slade Western

Trail of Blood and Bones: A Walt Slade Western

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

Violence and rumored rebellion had turned the border country into a powder keg primed to explode at any second. The mysterious "Liberator" called for war — and men who spoke against him died suddenly!Walt Slade, undercover ace of the Texas Rangers, rode into Matamoros, a one-man task force with the deadly job of stopping a revolution before it started. For Slade knew that "The Liberator" was none other than Veck Sosna, the most ruthless outlaw Texas ever spawned!Danger lay ahead — but even Slade could not foresee the terrible ordeal that faced him on the TRAIL OF BLOOD AND BONES
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Horseman of the Shadows

Horseman of the Shadows

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

"Trouble in El Paso—clear it up!"That was Slade's job—to find the man behind the rustling, the killings, the destruction that had both sides of the Rio Grande ready to explode.Slade opened the game by shooting two rustlers out of the saddles—and knew that from then on he was marked for death!
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Bullets for a Ranger

Bullets for a Ranger

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

Ghosts range — fearsome figures in gleaming armor, spirits of the conquistadores — are striking terror into the herdsmen of Texas' Matagorda Bay country.... But maybe, a skeptical Slade told himself, they're not ghosts — just smart owlhoots wrapped in tin plate.... So the Ranger ace went "ghost"-hunting — with hot lead and fighting fury!But Slade didn't know how close he himself would come to being made a ghost....
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Maverick Showdown

Maverick Showdown

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

"What do you want?" they asked, the first time they shot at Walt Slade."Fork your bronc, or die!" they warned, the second time they fired.The third time they said nothing. What do you say when you blast a Texas Ranger in the back.Outgunned and outnumbered, Slade tries to save a friend, a town, and himself, in a desperate duel with a dozen hired killers.
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Bullets for a Ranger_A Walt Slade Western

Bullets for a Ranger_A Walt Slade Western

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

Ghosts on the range -- fearsome figures in gleaming armor, spirits of the conquistadores --striking terror into the herdsmen of Texas' Matagorda Bay country.... But maybe, Slade told himself, they're not ghosts -- just smart owlhoots wrapped in tin plate.... So the Ranger ace went "ghost"-hunting -- with hot lead and fighting fury! But Slade didn't know how close he himself would come to being made a ghost.... **
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Gunsmoke over Texas

Gunsmoke over Texas

Bradford Scott

Fiction / Novels

"Elevate! In the name of the state of Texas!Then answer was a wild yell and the gleam of gun barrels in the moonlight. The Ranger's hands flashed up and down. His first shot boomed before the outlaws could open fire. Then there was an explosion of noise and flame and smoke. The Ranger heard a choking grunt, a cry of pain and saw two men fall. His big Colts bucked in his hands and a third saddle was emptied. Now there was only one outlaw to be reckoned with—and Ranger Walt Slade knew he was finally face to face with the killer who left alive no man who stood in his way.
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