The Devil's Breed

American Freedom Series #1

by George Henry Smith

The Glencannons--A family like no other... They came out of the myths and the legends of the Highlands, the brawling, wenching Glencannons. In battle and boudoir, from Edinburgh to India, from London drawing rooms to the dark caves of the Hellfire Club, from the Tower of London to the gallows and the headsman's block, the Glencannons followed their destiny--gold, glory and the kisses of fair women. They came to the New World as indentured servants, scattered to every corner of the Colonies by the winds of fate and fortune. But Glencannon ties were strong and their passions deep. And soon they emerged once again as leaders of men allied with women whose daring and desire equaled their own. And once more they find their fates inextricably intertwined in love, war, pain and triumph.

429 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Early novels were risque (with lurid covers), but later moved to writing science fiction.

Not to be confused with fellow SF writer George O. Smith, or George Harmon Smith who wrote similarly risqué pulp novels.

Smith himself used the pseudonyms Jeremy August, Jerry August, Don Bellmore, Ross Camra, M J Deer (with his wife, Jane Deer Smith), John Dexter (a "house name" used by multiple authors); George Devlin, Robert Hadley, Jan Hudson (a "house name"), Jerry Jason, Clancy O'Brien, Alan Robinson, Holt Standish, Diana Summers, Hal Stryker, Hank Stryker, Morgan Trehune, Roy Warren, and J.X. Williams (a "house name") for publishers such as Avalon, Beacon, Boudoir, Brandon House, Epic, Evening Reader, France, Greenleaf, Midwood, Monarch, Notetime, Pike, Pillow, and Playtime.

BUT... not to be confused with Jan Hudson who wrote young adult novels, a female author from Canada. She wrote Sweetgrass and Dawn Rider and was born in 1954 in Calgary Alberta.