Kill Hawk (an Adult Western)

It started when a gravely injured trapper named Pete Foxwell stumbled into Hawk's cabin. Before he died, he showed Hawk a bagful of gold coins, and told him about a hidden hoard of them. But he didn't say where.Hawk should have buried those coins with Pete's corpse, but instead he spent them on supplies and let slip the story of the treasure waiting to be found. Suddenly Hawk found himself the most wanted man in the West … as a gang of ex-sailors turned land pirates went after his hide … a vengeful Indian tribe went after his scalp ... a vibrant Indian girl and a voluptuous white widow went after his body. And even his best friends couldn't be trusted not to join the pack that wanted to grease their rush for gold with Hawk's blood. 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