Or so he thinks, until the Zed Rodel gang decides to hold up the stage at Cooper’s stage stop. Away on an errand, Cooper is confronted with carnage when he returns. The stage driver and the passenger are sprawled on the ground. Cooper’s wife, child and dog are dead in the cabin. Barely alive, the stage driver lives long enough to give Cooper the details of the massacre. Without hesitation, Cooper straps on his gun and rides out, filled with a terrible vengeance.

Joe Burkett was a native East Texan of Jasper, Texas. Being born with Muscular Atrophy made life, and everything he did, a challenge. Despite his physical handicap, he graduated from high school and from the Writer’s Digest School with God’s help.

He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. His love of books, nature, and history helped him with his five novels which have been published on audiotape. Joe died on December 22, 1998 at the age of 23. He wanted people to enjoy his stories. Like his mentor, Louis L’Amour, he would like to be remembered as a good storyteller.

Cooper’s Revenge is Joe’s second book for AVALON.

Avalon Westerns by Joe Burkett:
COOPER'S REVENGE
TAYSHAS