Hostile Territory

The Northwest Territory was a savage wilderness following the American Revolution. Settlers flocked to the region with the hope of beginning their lives anew. Only the brave and courageous survived.

Jamie Hawkins wasn’t sure if it was the slamming of the cabin door or the war cries of the hostiles outside that awakened him from a sound sleep. It...

Henry Walker was an everyday farmer, working his fields in the hotly-contested Kansas Territory of 1855, until he lost his family and his right arm in a vicious raid by Missouri Ruffians. The pro-slavery renegades used murder to instill fear among border inhabitants who sought statehood under an abolitionist flag.
After long days of mourning and...

A Laramie Award semifinalist, author Gerald L. Guy’s provides an emotional and action-packed tale of redemption in his latest novel, Old Ways Die Hard

When Moses Conway loses everything — his wife, three daughters and the only home he has ever known — he declares war against anything and anyone who dares to cross his path. Emotionally stripped...

La Florida was a wild and hostile place during the eighteenth century. Colonial settlers considered it uninhabitable. Under Spanish rule, however, it became a safe harbor for all sorts of disenfranchised people, including the lower Creeks, Yachis and Yamasses from Alabama and Georgia. They became known as Seminoles, the Spanish word for “outcast...