Far more important than the cattle rustling and cold-blooded murders that occur during the scuffle are the effects on the ensemble cast. In fact, the war itself is no more than a plot device on which to hang a title. Range wars are a time-honored staple of western novels, but in true Wolf Creek fashion, the dust-up at the heart of Book 4: The Taylor County War is anything but clichéd. Since this is Wolf Creek, there will be blood. Equipped with a fortune and a gaping hole where his conscience should be, he’ll let nothing stand in the way of his ambition, including dinosaur bones, cantankerous elderly ranchers, the local law … and schoolchildren. A megalomaniac is determined to own the entire county possibly the state. Having barely recovered from attacks by outlaws, Indians, and the Old West’s version of hit men, Wolf Creek, Kansas, now faces a new threat.
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