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A Spur Award-winning Author In the aftermath of the Civil War, Morgan Garrett heads west in search of work and a new start. Neither comes easy for a man burdened with a lame arm as a reminder of the lost war. With winter approaching, he finds work -- and trouble -- in Crossrock, Texas, a small town dying under the boot-heel of hardcase Brad Decker. Soon Garrett finds himself headed for a showdown with only a single ally: a former Union soldier. Two men who once fought against each other are now forced to stand together. And not all will survive the cruelest winter in the town's history.
About the Author
Preston Lewis is the Spur Award-winning author of more than 40 western, juvenile and historical novels on the Old West as well as numerous articles, short stories and book reviews on the American frontier. Lewis created the well-received "Memoirs of H.H. Lomax," a comic western series now published by Wolfpack Publishing. "Bluster's Last Stand," the fourth book in the series, was published in 2017 and earned the Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award for western humor. The fifth and sixth books in the series, "First Herd to Abilene" and "North to Alaska" were published in the spring of 2020, receiving Will Rogers Gold and Silver Medallions respectively. Previous books in the series in order of publication were "The Demise of Billy the Kid," "The Redemption of Jesse James" and "Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral." The latter two were both Spur Finalists from Western Writers of America. "Rio Ruidoso," the first book in his Three Rivers Trilogy on the Lincoln County War, was published by Five Star in February 2020. "Rio Bonito," the second book in the trilogy, appeared in August 2021. "Rio Hondo," the final book in the trilogy, will be published in May of 2022.Lewis's western "Blood of Texas," originally written under his Will Camp pseudonym, received WWA's Spur Award for best western novel. Lewis's 2016 western "The Fleecing of Fort Griffin," another comic novel, received the Elmer Kelton Award for best creative work on West Texas from the West Texas Historical Association. It was Lewis's third Kelton award. His True West article on the battle of Yellowhouse Canyon also won a Spur Award. His book publishers have included Bantam, HarperCollins, Pinnacle, Eakin Press, Wild Horse Press and Wolfpack Publishing. His short works have appeared in publications as varied as Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, True West, Persimmon Hill and Dallas Morning News. Eakin Press published his three young adult novels on animals from frontier Texas: "They Call Me Old Blue," "Blanca is My Name" and "Just Call Me Uncle Sam." When he is not writing or researching, Lewis enjoys traveling and photographing historic sites of the Old West and the Civil War.
