Publisher's Synopsis
Jim Christina wrote a dozen novels involving the characters Taggert "The Hunter" Richmond and Jeff Stryker before his death in 2022. Inside this volume are the following stories originally published by Black Dog Publishing/Tuscany Bay Books and now available only as part of this special collection published by Tuscany Bay Books with the permission of Jim Christina's estate:
Still Waters - Cecilia Barnum and her daughters, Emily Rose and Cassandra arrive on the Bar-A ranch needing help from the Hunter. But little does he, or she know they will fall into a relationship that tests both his mettle and patience when Cecilia and her daughters are killed by marauding Apaches led by the medicine man and war leader, Goyacteh. The Hunter and Jeff Stryker go on the trail tracking the warriors searching for pure vengeance. Yet, along the way, discovering things about themselves. The Dark Angel - When the Deacon is shunned by the Southern Baptist Church in Dothan, Alabama for killing a man, he makes his way to the Arizona/New Mexico border where he has collected a ragtag bunch of cutthroats and rustlers that are very successful at what they are doing until the Hunter and Jeff Stryker are hired to hunt the Deacon down and bring him to justice. But, the Deacon is not one to go easily and opens his own bag of tricks which start and end in murder. The Return - When the Deacon is shunned by the Southern Baptist Church in Dothan, Alabama for killing a man, he makes his way to the Arizona/New Mexico border where he has collected a ragtag bunch of cutthroats and rustlers that are very successful at what they are doing until the Hunter and Jeff Stryker are hired to hunt the Deacon down and bring him to justice. But, the Deacon is not one to go easily and opens his own bag of tricks which start and end in murder. Now. the Hunter and Jeff Stryker have been asked to help out Bountiful Jim's last remaining relative, Lucien Ledoux in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The Dark Angel has returned but this time in the guise of the Preacher, and many times stronger than before, leading a band of pirates determined to take the entire parish for themselves and Jim's cousin, Lucien is the last hold-out.
