Silver Vein Chronicles

When Abe Kilhoe woke up, he had no idea he'd be shot in the gut before dinner.It happened anyway, and the scoundrel who did it fled into the desert. Now, he's in for a world of hurt. Abe's brother is the legendary Texas Ranger, Frank Kilhoe, and it so happens that he is friends with the legendary Sheriff Curly Barnes and his two loyal deputies.Soon, the fugitive will be getting a lot more justice than he bargained for. Clay Houston Shivers is an American novelist currently living in San Francisco. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, but spent every summer at his grandparents ranch near Georgetown, Texas, where he first became fascinated by the American frontier and where he discovered his love for westerns.He attended college at SMU in Dallas, Texas. For the last twenty years he has worked as an advertising copywriter. For more information, visit his website at clayhoustonshivers.com. A series by Clay Houston Shivers.

Justice rides the outlaw trail.Curly Barnes is enjoying a peaceful life as the sheriff of Silver Vein, the most peaceful town in West Texas.But when rustlers come to town and strike the T Bar and Box W ranches, Curly has no choice but to strap on his gun-belt, provision himself with plenty of beef jerky and bourbon, and, with the help of his two trusty deputies-Baxter and Merle-go after the rustlers.Curly knows where the rustlers are going. Rattlesnake Ridge. That's the easy part. The hard part? It's a criminal hideout buried in the mountains, where no law has ever gone into and come out alive.A gritty western with high-stakes action, THE RUSTLERS OF RATTLESNAKE RIDGE is the fourth book in the Silver Vein Chronicles series by Clay Houston Shivers. Clay Houston Shivers is an American novelist currently living in San Francisco. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, but spent every summer at his grandparents ranch near Georgetown, Texas, where he first became fascinated by the American frontier and where he discovered his love for westerns.He attended college at SMU in Dallas, Texas. For the last twenty years he has worked as an advertising copywriter. For more information, visit his website at clayhoustonshivers.com. A series by Clay Houston Shivers.