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The Convict Trail
Transporting six cold-blooded convicts caged in a prison wagon across hard country, Deputy Marshal Logan Kane needs to watch his back and keep his Colt close at hand. There are rustlers, lynch mobs, and a New Orleans gang to contend with—not to mention the convicts’ cronies looking to bust them loose.
Kane is about to have his own cage rattled as he tries to keep this ride from being his last...
Kane is about to have his own cage rattled as he tries to keep this ride from being his last...
- GenresWesterns
304 pages, ebook
First published December 1, 2008
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About the author
Ralph Compton
247 books85 followersRalph Compton (April 11, 1934—September 16, 1998) was an American writer of western fiction.
A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton began his writing career with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was chosen as a finalist for the Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed upon the "Best Debut Novel". He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. In the last decade of his life, he authored more than two dozen novels, some of which made it onto the USA Today bestseller list for fiction.
Ralph Compton died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 64. Since his passing, Signet Books has continued the author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such as Joseph A. West and David Robbins, under Compton's byline.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ralphc...
A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton began his writing career with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was chosen as a finalist for the Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed upon the "Best Debut Novel". He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. In the last decade of his life, he authored more than two dozen novels, some of which made it onto the USA Today bestseller list for fiction.
Ralph Compton died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 64. Since his passing, Signet Books has continued the author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such as Joseph A. West and David Robbins, under Compton's byline.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ralphc...
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
July 7, 2016
This was pretty good but the ONLY sentence in Spanish was wrong. Page 224: "Hay fuera de los caballos." Should have been: "Hay caballos afuera". Punctuation is different in English and Spanish; if you don't know what you're doing, don't attempt it.
Does not speak well for the editor or the publishing company, and I would expect better from Signet.
Also, the book cover did not relate to what happened in the book. The cover depicts the marshal with his badge plain view, right side of jacket. The book mentioned, no less than three times, (first is on page 5) that the marshal carried his badge covered, on his belt. The horses are galloping. The book mentions mules and never galloping.
This editor/publisher/author insults the readers.
Does not speak well for the editor or the publishing company, and I would expect better from Signet.
Also, the book cover did not relate to what happened in the book. The cover depicts the marshal with his badge plain view, right side of jacket. The book mentioned, no less than three times, (first is on page 5) that the marshal carried his badge covered, on his belt. The horses are galloping. The book mentions mules and never galloping.
This editor/publisher/author insults the readers.
August 18, 2017
Kind of bloody. Oh the trials the marshal had to go through.
January 24, 2026
An enjoyable book, easy to ready and kept my attention. It does seem to take some unnecessary side quests but overall I enjoyed my read.
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