I’m
very excited to announce that my first full-length western, and the first novel
under my penname, Tyler Boone, is ready for release from Sundown Press. It’s
called The Scarred One. Many thanks to Cheryl Pierson and Livia J.
Washburn for their consideration and support, and for outstanding work in the
editing, cover, and formatting arenas.
There
will be both a print and a kindle edition of The Scarred One. The kindle
edition is available now for preorder, although it won’t be delivered until
November 13. It’s at a good price too, only $2.99. If you have any interest in the book, a preorder
would be nice for both me and the publisher. I will eventually be having a few
signings for the book in my local area. That is Southern Louisiana, and maybe
I’ll try to get up Arkansas way next summer. These will be announced ahead of
time, of course.
I
grew up reading westerns and remain a huge fan of the genre today. It’s an
honor for me to follow in the footsteps of such greats as Louis L’Amour, Max
Brand, Zane Grey, Lewis B. Patten, Gordon D. Shirreffs, Will Henry, Luke Short,
and even Robert E. Howard. Below is the blurb for The Scarred One. I hope it
intrigues and tempts you. I’d love for you to read this story.
Scarred by a mysterious fire that killed his parents when he was
seven, Trenton Banning grew up in a San Francisco orphanage. Ten years later he
fled to the freedom of the Rocky Mountains. Now, he’s come to the town of Sun
Falls, Wyoming, where a silver strike has triggered a boom. He isn’t after
riches, though. He’s there for Jonathan Hunsinger, a ruthless businessman who
may know something about the fire that orphaned Banning.
Hunsinger has a beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. That complicates
things for Banning. And after an attempt is made on his life, he realizes that
someone is willing to kill to protect Jonathan Hunsinger’s secrets. There are
plenty of suspects; Elizabeth is one. Besides trying to stay alive and solve a
decade-old mystery, the young mountain man now has to wonder—is Elizabeth the
woman of his dreams, or the architect of his nightmares?
