02222cam a2200337 i 4500 1165004668 TxAuBib 20221104120000.0 220204s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022006575 9781496735911 HRD 27.95 1496735919 HRD 27.95 NjBwBT eng NjBwBT rda GCmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Johnstone, William W, author. When the shooting starts / William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2022. 282 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A Smoke Jense novel of the West"--Jacket. "For Smoke and Sally Jensen, the Sugarloaf Ranch is a glorious stretch of untamed land near the Colorado-Kansas border, the perfect place to stake their claim, raise some cattle, and start a new family. But when a man claiming to be an army colonel arrives in Big Rock--with a well-armed militia--the Jensens' dream becomes a living nightmare. Colonel Lamar Talbot claims there's a war looming with the Cheyenne Indians. And only he can save them from a bloody massacre--by launching a bloody counterattack...Smoke and Sally aren't sure they trust him. They suspect the colonel and his men are nothing more than brutal vigilantes with a hidden agenda of their own. But the Cheyenne war parties are a very real threat. The tribe's charismatic leader, Black Drum, islaunching raids on local ranches, farms, and the railroads, too. Every day, the violence gets worse and the war moves closer--until it reaches the Sugarloaf Ranch. That's when Sally gets attacked. That's when Smoke grabs his guns. That's when the shooting starts--and the final battle begins..."-- Provided by publisher. 20221104. Jensen, Smoke Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life Fiction. Western fiction. Historical fiction. Johnstone, J. A, author. TXKIP