Wes Crowley

The Wes Crowley Saga: Part One contains the first five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The Wes Crowley Saga: Part Two contains the last five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The overall Wes Crowley Saga spans almost 50 years. It chronicles the adventures of Wes from before he joined the Texas Rangers. Come along as he fights Comanches and Comancheros, endures the worst kind of betrayal, falls in love, loses almost everything, goes on a vengeance trail, and eventually ends up deep in Mexico. Major characters recur through the series, and minor characters become major characters in ways you would never expect. The Wes Crowley Saga is an historical western, but it's also a wide-ranging romance with a touch of mystery, thriller, psychological suspense, action-adventure and magic realism. If you've ever wanted to "ride wild on a strong horse in a good cause," you will love this saga.

The Rise of a Warrior is the first prequel and Book 1 in the Wes Crowley novel series. Although the titles eventually will be arranged chronologically, each is a stand-alone novel. In The Rise of a Warrior, Wes Crowley and Otis "Mac" McFadden are teenagers in Watson, Texas, a town some distance north of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and the heart of Comancheria, the traditional Comanche homeland. An impressive group of Texas Rangers ride in to the local livery stable to swap horses. To convince the owner of the livery stable of the necessity of the trade, the ranking Ranger, Corporal Connolly, describes in detail what the Comanches are capable of when they raid. A few minutes later the Rangers ride out on fresh mounts. The corporal nods at Mac on their way out of town, and Mac decides on the spot he has to join the Rangers. Wes goes along for the ride. What else should a partner do? At what is eventually dubbed The Battle of Boquillas Draw, the Rangers take down one of the more dangerous renegade Comanche war chiefs and all but one of his raiding party. But that one is unique among the Comanches. He bears the sacred number in his name and is destined to become one of the greatest Comanche war chiefs ever known... at the ripe old age of fourteen. Come along to witness the advent of Wes and Mac as Texas Rangers, and the rise of a Comanche warrior, Four Crows.

The Wes Crowley Saga: Part One contains the first five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The Wes Crowley Saga: Part Two contains the last five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The overall Wes Crowley Saga spans almost 50 years. It chronicles the adventures of Wes from before he joined the Texas Rangers. Come along as he fights Comanches and Comancheros, endures the worst kind of betrayal, falls in love, loses almost everything, goes on a vengeance trail, and eventually ends up deep in Mexico. Major characters recur through the series, and minor characters become major characters in ways you would never expect. The Wes Crowley Saga is an historical western, but it's also a wide-ranging romance with a touch of mystery, thriller, psychological suspense, action-adventure and magic realism. If you've ever wanted to "ride wild on a strong horse in a good cause," you will love this saga.

Comanche Fire is the second prequel and Book 2 in the Wes Crowley novel series. Although the titles are arranged chronologically, each is a stand-alone novel. In Comanche Fire, Wes Crowley and Otis "Mac" McFadden have joined the Texas Rangers in Amarillo in the heart of Comancheria, the traditional Comanche homeland. As they grow into their life as Texas Rangers, they endure hardships and battles, including one all-out attack on Amarillo, and pursue Comanches and banditos across the plains and through the arroyos of the north Texas panhandle. With the number of Rangers dwindling, the captain arranges ingenious loop patrols to both watch for Comanche and Comanchero activity and to make the Ranger presence known to civilians in north Texas. In Comanche Fire, we meet the venerable Talbot brothers-one preacher, one farmer, and one bandito-as well as a host of other characters. Not all Rangers were always on the right side of the law, and not all banditos are evil to the core. Of course, we also keep one eye peeled for Four Crows and his band, who seem always a thorn in the side of the Rangers. Finally, we witness the swearing-in of some new Rangers and can finally release the breath we've been holding as the Ranger Troop from Amarillo seems on the rebound.

Originally the second Wes Crowley novel, with the advent of three prequels, Longing for Mexico actually is Book 5 in the Wes Crowley saga. Longing for Mexico opens with what happens the night ex-Texas Ranger Otis "Mac" McFadden betrays his oath and his friendship with Wes. He creeps out of Amarillo rather than facing up to his friends and his responsibilities. When the captain won't allow Wes to go after Mac immediately, Wes continues to battle Comanches, and he falls deeply in love. For the first time in his life, he begins to plan around someone else. But there's a massive Comanche raid on Amarillo, and everything goes wrong. Well over a year after Mac abandoned his oath and his friendship, Wes finally decides to leave the Rangers to track down his lifelong friend turned traitor. He must get the answers he deserves. During his search for Mac, Wes visits Mexico where he finds new friends but also a few new enemies. He is joined there by a close new friend from El Paso, Ben Iverson. Ben brings news of Mac's whereabouts and a job proposition for Wes. Come along to see what happens when Wes finally tracks down Mac in the midst of the Arizona Territory.

The Marshal of Agua Perlado is Book 7 in the Wes Crowley novel series. Having left his old life as a Texas Ranger behind, Wes Crowley travels to Mexico to seek the family of his beloved Marisól Martinez de Silva. He finds them in Agua Perlado, a quaint, peaceful fishing village in the state of Guerrero. He becomes friends almost immediately with the entire family, especially Miguel, and basically adopts them as his own. The feeling, for them, is reciprocal. Except for one firebrand. The youngest remaining sister, Coralín, believes Wes a showoff and a ruffian. Or at least that's what she says. Coralín blows into a room as if she's a whirlwind and leaves the same way. Although Wes is almost constantly confused by her words and actions, he is intrigued to the point that caution is not a viable option. The one thing Wes knows for sure is he won't go back to being a lawman. But when some banditos come along and murder a member of this peaceful fishing village, Wes realizes he must protect those who deserve it... in his new job as the marhsal of Agua Perlado. The ride isn't over quite yet. There's plenty of action in this book as Wes arrests those who would destroy his adopted town, repels attacks and swaps tales with the proprietor of the local cantina, who is also the keeper of the tales for Agua Perlado and the surrounding region.

The Battle of Tres Caballos is Book 8 in the Wes Crowley novel series. The titles are arranged chronologically as one long saga, but each also is a stand-alone novel. Wes is well settled in his life as a married man and the marshal of Agua Perlado, but life and fate have a great deal more in store for him. As he and his beautiful Coralín are returning from their honeymoon, they are set upon by banditos. Although protective of all people by nature, Wes has never experienced such a massive sense of urgency as he encounters when his beloved is in harm's way. Nor has he experienced such an adrenaline calm as washes over him, enabling him to remedy the situation almost immediately. Later, Wes is surprised to meet two people from his long-ago past. One is a powerful friend and a force for good in the region, and the other is an enemy he didn't even know he had. The action continues as Wes accepts a special appointment that he never expected, battles an enemy who is more cunning and vicious than any Comanche, and has a first-hand experience with the magic that is common at that place on the horizon where reality just folds into imagination.

The Scent of Acacias is Book 9, the final book in the Wes Crowley novel series. The titles are now arranged chronologically as one long saga, but each also is a stand-alone novel.In this final installment of the Wes Crowley Saga, Wes has one last opportunity to "ride wild on a strong horse in a good cause." Then he's planning to retire. But will he lose everything that's most important to him?Once again Wes comes face to face with a pair of enemies from his long-ago past. It's difficult to account for a hatred that would span so many years and over 1300 miles only to wreak vengeance on a man for an alleged slight. And Wes' inability to account for that kind of hatred could well cost him everything he loves.One of the enemies is a would-be Comanchero from the old days, Ross Freeman. He was and is a coward by any account, so much so that even the Comancheros didn't want him around. A second is Josey Talbot, a much younger man Wes once saved from a life of crime. But twisting the truth into a believable shape is easier to do immediately an impressionable young man has lost someone he loves. She is not only the love of his life and his wife of ten years, but his last living relative. A third new enemy comes into play in the persona of Aramis Dotrive, a gambler and professional killer from Georgia who had a brief run-in with the young Ranger Crowley near the beginning of the latter's career.These and others will conspire to hunt down Captain Crowley, the leader of the Guerrero Rangers, and harm him in ways from which he might never recover.

This is the final book in the Wes Crowley saga. A group of bad guys, out-of-luck drifters, screw-ups and wet-behind-the-ears boys head south, lured by the promise of gold and adventure. The final Talbot in the line is the instigator, driven by his warped perspective of history. Will he succeed where others have failed to bring his nemesis, Wes Crowley, to his knees?