Avalon Books

United States Marshal Clay Shannon is sent by the territorial governor to investigate apparent attempts to stop the progress of a railroad being driven through the high mountains. The railroad, whose successful completion will mean the joining together of vast regions of the American West,...

Clay Shannon rides alone into the isolated mining town of Whiskey Creek carrying a deputy sheriff's badge and the weariness born of many years as a lawman on the western frontier. Shannon has been sent by the county sheriff to investigate the murder of the...

U.S. Marshal Clay Shannon is enjoying a new life as a New Mexico cattle rancher when rustlers invade his land, steal his cattle, and kill several of his men. Angrily, Shannon pins on his marshal’s badge and starts after the rustlers. The trail takes him...

Sheriff Clay Shannon finds his comfortable life torn apart when gunmen, led by the notorious Bully Drago, ride into the town of Whiskey Creek to rob the bank and take revenge upon Shannon for a past encounter in which Drago's younger brother was killed. During...

This is how it all began for U.S. Marshal Clay Shannon. Forced by honor to defend his father’s murder, young Shannon pins the sheriff’s badge to his vest and sets out for vengeance. No one in town thinks Shannon is man enough for the job,...

Shannon: The Road to Whiskey Creek takes the reader with Shannon on a journey through the changing west, as he faces challenges and danger that surpass even those he faced in the earlier days of his life. Shannon’s career as a frontier lawman began during...

Whiskey Creek was rapidly becoming a ghost town. The mines had closed, taking with it the miners and most of the residents. Shops and saloons were closing due to a lack of patrons. Ever since the death of his wife and young son, Sheriff Clay...