Luke Mallory's dream is to be an agent of Wells Fargo & Company, to be someone of importance, to be respected and admired. An orphan at six years of age, raised like a garden weed, he has a burning desire to prove his worth. Finally, Luke's goal is at hand, except for two conditions. First, he must deliver a load of barbed wire to a group of farmers who are located in the heart of cattle country. Second, he must survive the first condition!

Terrell L. Bowers sometimes thinks he was born with boots and spurs. His father was his inspiration. He provided Terrell with his own horse and cows to ride and rope. Whether on small acre lots or fair-sized farms, he always had a horse and rope handy. Terrell shared his father's enthusiasm for westerns and grew up rooting for Bob Steele, Johnny Mack Brown, Roy Rogers, and John Wayne. Western blood is in his veins, and he loves to create a new story, new characters, and then let his imagination run wild. "Fortunately," Terrell writes, "I have a beautiful, loving wife and two angelic girls, who understand and accept my endless hours at a typewriter. My principal desire is that somewhere there are western lovers who find my stories entertaining."

Terrell is the author of many westerns for Avalon Books.

Avalon Westerns by this author:

NOOSE AT SUNDOWN

The Broken Spoke Western Series
FEUD AT BROKEN SPOKE
GUN LAW AT BROKEN SPOKE
CROSSFIRE AT BROKEN SPOKE
DESTINY AT BROKEN SPOKE