Western Pursuit: The Youngest U.S. Marshal (Zeke Halstead, U. S. Marshal Book 1)

"A sparkling debut novel. Plenty of action and great characters."--Robert Broomall, author of Texas Kingdoms and The Dispatch Rider* * *Gunslinger shoots unarmed father in restaurant. Farmer's family relentlessly pursues killer. Who'll die next?Zeke never thought he’d get Pa killed. Realizing he caused Pa’s death tears up the eighteen year-old farmer till he’s all sick inside. But when Grandpa McNichol, a U.S. Marshal in Topeka, comes to town for the funeral, he announces that Zeke and Uncle Billy will join him in catching the gunman.Fearing he won’t measure up to a man he hasn’t seen since he was six, Zeke still chooses to join the pursuit with Grandpa and Uncle Billy. But with a bum left leg and having never shot a six-gun, Zeke knows he’ll be nearly helpless on such a hazardous venture.Can Zeke survive the trip and help to catch the killer, or will he fail, or even die along the way?Western Pursuit is the engrossing first book in the Zeke Halstead, U.S. Marshal Series. If you like coming of age stories where inexperience has its penalties, perseverance is essential, capture by Indians is definitely possible, and courage is paramount, then John Alexander’s sweeping 1871 Great Plains adventure is for you.Read Western Pursuit and ride with Zeke, Uncle Billy, and Grandpa as they track the killer west across the Great Plains today!NOTE: the books in this series are best read in order.