Hunger of the Dust Trail

Hank Rourke has staked his ranch and the futures of six struggling families on delivering three thousand cattle to the Copper Ridge railhead before the buyers close their books.

Then Drew White rides into camp in an expensive shirt, carrying a polished past and a look that Hank, who cannot afford distraction, still cannot ignore.

Drew is really Andrew Whitaker, heir to the railroad empire determined to seize that route and ruin the ranchers who depend on the drive.

He joined to uncover Hank's weaknesses, yet every mile north pulls him into the lives his father means to destroy and toward the commanding cattleman who makes a different future feel possible.

Poisoned water, cut fences, stampedes, hired guns, and wildfire show how far the Whitakers will go, and once Drew's identity is exposed, Hank must decide whether the man who betrayed him is also the only man he can trust.

Drew has to choose the name he inherited or the bond he found on the trail, and they will have to survive the drive if the herd, the ranches, and each other are going to reach Copper Ridge.