Big Sky Marshal

A young Virginian rides west with the romantic vision of being a cowboy, only to find that the frontier demands a man become more than he ever imagined. David MacLean has spent his whole life in the long shadow of his accomplished older brothers. Hungry for a destiny of his own, he trades the green hills of Virginia for the dust and danger of the Texas cattle trails. Under the watchful eye of trail boss Leopold Holloway, David endures stampedes, river crossings, Comanche parleys, rustler ambushes, and the brutal mathematics of survival on the open range. Each mile north forges him into something harder, sharper—and more compassionate than he knew he could be. A compelling entry in the MacLean Brothers Series, Big Sky Marshal is historical western fiction at its most immersive and authentic. When the drive ends in Montana, David discovers a besieged young woman named Sarah Dalton, the last of her family, fighting to hold her ranch against a ruthless outlaw captain and his gang. David's hard-won skills are put to the ultimate test as he stands between Sarah and annihilation in a land where justice rides in a holster. Epic in scope yet deeply personal, Big Sky Marshal is American frontier fiction crafted in the tradition of the genre's finest storytellers, for readers of Louis L' Amour and Elmer Kelton who believe that true heroism isn't declared, but earned one decision at a time.