Golden Hawk (An Adult Western)

TWO NAMES-ONE MANHis parents gave him the name Jed Thompson. But the Comanches who killed his parents and took him into their tribe as a boy gave him a different name.Trained by the fiercest of Indian warriors to fight, and taught by the most passionate of Indian women to love, Golden Hawk-now full-grown-was facing the choice of which world to live in, which path to take.Then his beautiful sister Annabelle, raised by Indians as he had been, was sold into cruel sexual captivity-and Golden Hawk's choice was made. He would let no man, redskin or white, stand in his way as he used his strength and savage killing skills to save her. But it was far from a lonesome quest-and he managed to take more than comfort from the lusty ladies he met on the trail … William Cecil Knott was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 7 1927. Following a stint in the US Air Force, he became a junior high school teacher and went on to continue his academic career in Connecticut, West Virginia, New Jersey and New York. Between 1967 and 1983, Knott was Assistant Professor (later Associate Professor) of English at the State University of New York. In his free time, he also carved out an impressive body of fiction, most of it in the western field. In addition to creating his own series, The Vengeance Seeker and Golden Hawk, he also contributed to the Stagecoach Station series (as Hank Mitchum), Slocum (as Jake Logan), Longarm (as Tabor Evans) and The Trailsman (as Jon Sharpe). Under the names Bill Knott and Bill Carol he wrote several children's books, and also contributed to the WWII adventure series Mac Wingate, which is also being republished by Piccadilly Publishing.Mr. Knott passed away in 2008. A quiet stream under the Comanche moon ... leaping savages ... knives flashing in the firelight ... brutal, shameful death ...Ripped from the bosom of their slain parents and carried off by the raiding Comanches, Jed Thompson and his sister can never forget that hellish night under the glare of the Comanche moon, seared into their memories forever. Years later, Golden Hawk now, his vengeance slaked, Jed is pursued relentlessly by his past Comanche brothers and driven by only one purpose: to recapture his sister from those who would bend her proud beauty to their savage will.Golden Hawk. Half Comanche, half white man. A legend in his time, an awesome nemesis to some - a bulwark and a refuge to any man or woman lost in the terror of that raw, savage land.AN ADULT WESTERN