Skeleton Pass

by John Russell Fearn

Lanning Mackenzie has unfinished business… Fifteen years ago, a carriage carrying four people and $200,000 worth of gold was buried under piles of rocks when an unlucky gold prospector accidentally blew up the notorious Skeleton Pass. Having repaid his customers at the bank from his own pocket, that gold should now belong to Mackenzie – but he is in no shape to go digging for it. Luckily for him, his headstrong and adventurous daughter, Flora, is up for the challenge. Along with her eccentric aunt Belinda, neighbouring ranch-owner Dick Crespin and his loyal Indian friend, Black Moon, Flora sets off in search of the gold. It doesn’t take long before the unlikely companions run into trouble – in the form of infamous outlaw, Loupe Vanquera, and his gang of ruthless killers. It turns out they are not the only ones in search of the legendary gold. Faced with merciless criminals, untrustworthy sheriffs and a few surprises along the way, will the companions escape the clutches of Vanquera? Will they ever find the gold and return it to Flora’s father? 'A classic story of adventure and courage in the Old West.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Trade Off. John Russell Fearn (1908-1960) is well remembered as almost single-handedly driving the post-World War II boom in British publishing with a flood of science fiction, detective stories, and westerns. His writing appeared under various pseudonyms and has been translated into many languages around the world. Pioneering Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK’s leading independent digital publisher. We publish new and classic westerns by authors from the US and the UK. Follow us on @PioneeringPress www.goodreads.com/PioneeringPress

Genres: Westerns

144 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2016

About the author

A prolific author in various genres under his own name, John Francis Russell Fearn also used these pseudonyms: Astron del Martia, Brian Shaw, Conrad G. Holt, Dennis Clive, Frank Jones, Geoffrey Armstrong, Griff, Hugo Blayn, John Russell, K. Thomas Mark Denholm, Paul Lorraine, Polton Cross, Spike Gordon, Thornton Ayre, Vargo Statten, Volsted Gridban, Dom Passante, John Cotton, Ephriam Winiki, Lawrence F. Rose, Earl Titan, Ephraim Winiki.

John Russell Fearn was an extremely prolific and popular British writer, who began in the American pulps, then almost single-handedly drove the post-World War II boom in British publishing with a flood of science fiction, detective stories, westerns, and adventure fiction. He was so popular that one of his pseudonyms became the editor of Vargo Staten’s Science Fiction Magazine in the 1950’s! His work is noted for its vigor and wild imagination. He has always had a substantial cult following and has been popular in translation around the world.

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