The Indian Ring

Strongheart #3

by Don Bendell

A brand-new Western adventure from the bestselling author of Strongheart and Blood Feather.

THEY WANTED HIM DEAD...

A spy has infiltrated President Grant’s administration. The best man to weed him Joshua Strongheart, a half-Lakota warrior/half-white lawman of national repute. But luck isn’t on Strongheart’s side. As soon as word gets out that he’s on the job, a group of well-trained shooters are on his trail. 

...BUT YOU CAN’T KILL A LEGEND.

Ronald M. Hartwell once worked for the Secretary of War, but he is now the leader of the Indian Ring—a deadly syndicate of criminals out to decimate the native world. For Strongheart, nothing could hit closer to home. But when Hartwell sends his most trusted henchmen to bushwack his opponent, there’s only one thing left for Strongheart to kill or be killed.

239 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 5, 2016

About the author

-Speaker and best-selling author of 30 books with over 3 million copies in print plus a successful feature film
- Don just co-wrote a brand new book available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Select, soon available in print on Amazon (September, 2019). A self-help motivational memoir, it is entitled "Cowboy the F Up! How to be a Real Man in Today's World."
-International Karate & Kickboxing Hall of Fame: 1995 inductee, Grandmaster Instructor in 5 martial arts
- US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) officer, Vietnam disabled vet
- Master of Science, Business - Leadership, Grand Canyon University, 2011
Bachelor of Science, Business, Colorado Christian University, 1997
- owns the Strongheart Ranch, Florence, Colorado
- 6 children, 11 grandchildren, Married to Author and Social Psychologist, Dr. Janet Bendell.

Reviews

[Robert Enzenauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don Bendell is my favorite living writer of western fiction. THE INDIAN RING continues the tales of a half white-half-Indian Pinkerton agent Joshua Strongheart. I like Bendell's fiction for many reasons. Most important is Bendell's extensive research, with his characters and plots based very much in actual history of the old West. And equally striking is the incredible word pictures that Bendell creates of the beautiful countryside around Colorado, Wyoming, and especially southern towns of Canon City and Pueblo. It is clear that Bendell had ridden these very hills and valleys. As a military veteran himself, the description of good men fighting evil seems to come from his very essence. Indeed, his memoir TRACKS OF HOPE: A MODERN DAY MEMOIR confirms why the tracking details of Joshua's activities are so believable. In this novel, Joshua Strongheart is working to fight the infamous and treacherous Indian Ring, that was characteristic of some of the most ruthless and sanctioned efforts to decimate the Native Americans. Joshua is certainly equivalent to a young Special Forces soldier working very hard to fulfill the motto "de oppresso liber" - to liberate the oppressed. And for those readers for whom Don Bendell is a "new find", we are all very fortunate that his previous Chris Colt western series has been re-issued. Check them out too.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just had to share...
I finished reading The Indian Ring just moments ago and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Don Bendell certainly has a way with words. I loved how he was able to weave multiple plots and subplots together with such ease.
Bendell, a true cowboy, paints vivid images of Colorado and his beloved horse, Eagle.
He introduces historic tidbits in a manner that doesn't distract, but rather enhances the reader's experience.
If you haven't had the opportunity to read this yet, I really encourage you to set aside some time and enjoy a trip to the Old West!