The Bloody Chisholm Trail

The Hamlins of Luckenbach, Texas, ride into danger along the perilous Chisolm Trail in a roaring epic of the American West by the bestselling Johnstones.

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE THOSE WHO SURVIVE BECOME LEGENDS.

Jake Hamlin has only one thing on his mind: a Chisolm Trail cattle-drive to trade a herd of prime beef for a hefty bankroll. It’ll be an education for his green son, JJ, and a chance for his gone-soft brother Lawrence to toughen up, Texas style. But Jake’s other brother is in Dodge City, and rustlers are lying in wait—the Creed MacAllister gang. They don’t come more ruthless and they’ve set their sights on the Hamlins. Jake needs to wrangle a strong team for the two-month long haul by joining forces with Ben Larson, a rancher with a tough brood of his own.

Either safety in numbers will get them past thieving bushwhackers or nothing will. The two families set out, driving thousands of cattle. The perils of the Chisolm Trail await.If deadly rustlers, fire, flood, and the dangers of Indian Territory hostile Apache aren’t enough, Jake suspects he’s riding with a traitor. Larson and his ranchers are supposedly good men, but even a good man can go bad for the right amount of money. As sure as the head of a cobra, this drive is going to take a wrong turn.

If the boys of Luckenbach are to survive, they’ll need to be ready and willing to go for blood themselves.

Live Free. Read Hard.

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