Avalon Books

Abandoned in childhood in pre–Civil War Texas, Tom Patterson grows up tough, wily, and, surprisingly good-natured. These traits serve him well as a conscript cavalryman in the Confederate Army. His courage in combat and his resourcefulness in dangerous situations earn the attention, admiration, and friendship...

In the sequel to The Gunfighter’s Apprentice, former gunfighter Tom Patterson and his wife Betty are drawn into a scheme of assassination and avarice in 1880’s California. Patterson seeks to find and warn the proposed victim of a failed murder attempt. As well, he hopes to...

During an attempted robbery in a Nebraska frontier town, a young storekeeper, Matt McKay kills the brother of a murderous gang leader, Jack Moss. Fearing the outlaw’s revenge, Matt’s father takes him to Colorado and hires and once-feared gunfighter, Tom Patterson, to teach him the...