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THE RIDER
Book One of The Rider Series
In the summer of 1880, a powerful man ruled a Texas county through fear. Then a stranger appeared who didn’t seem afraid of anything.
Eli was a hardworking rancher who believed an honest man had the right to keep what he’d earned. But Amos Rusk, a wealthy and ruthless cattle baron, believed everything had a price. And anything that couldn’t be bought could be taken.
When Eli refuses to surrender his land, Rusk sends his most feared enforcer, Caleb Voss, to change his mind. The confrontation ends in murder, leaving Mary a widow, her son dead, and her young daughter Ruth missing somewhere in the vast Texas wilderness.
But Ruth is not entirely alone.
A mysterious horseman begins appearing along the lonely roads and distant ridges. No one knows his name, where he came from, or why he seems to be watching over the little girl. He rarely speaks, never explains himself, and disappears as quietly as he arrives.
Meanwhile, in the small frontier town of Dry Creek, Sheriff Thomas Hale knows that Rusk’s power reaches far beyond his cattle empire. Through stolen land, forged documents, intimidation, and violence, Rusk has made an entire community afraid to challenge him.
But the murders have begun to change something.
As Mary struggles to rebuild her shattered life and find her daughter, the people of Dry Creek must decide whether to continue living in fear or finally stand against the man who has controlled them for years. Even Caleb Voss, a killer who has spent much of his life carrying out another man’s orders, begins to question whether a soul as stained as his can ever find redemption.
And always, somewhere beyond the edge of town, the mysterious Rider waits.
THE RIDER is a sweeping Western novel about the cost of greed, the courage of ordinary people, a mother’s determination, and the possibility of mercy in a world that has forgotten its meaning.
With memorable characters, powerful emotion, frontier danger, and a touch of the unexplained, Steve Mudflap McGrew delivers a Western where the greatest battles aren’t always fought with six-shooters.
Sometimes they’re fought between right and wrong.
And sometimes, when hope seems lost, help comes riding in out of nowhere.
Book One of The Rider Series.
Some men ride for money. Some ride for revenge. But nobody knows why the Rider rides.
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I love Christmas.
I mean, I REALLY LOVE CHRISTMAS! Always have. There’s just something about the lights, the music, the decorations, the memories, and that feeling you get when the whole world seems a little kinder for a few weeks.
But has anybody else noticed that Christmas seems to be starting earlier than EVER this year?
I’m serious! We went straight from Halloween candy to Christmas trees! People were still washing the fake blood off their kids’ faces while Dad was dragging a seven-foot artificial tree out of the attic. Hell, Thanksgiving hasn’t even had a chance to thaw out its turkey, and Mariah Carey is already screaming at us from every speaker in America!
And I’m not complaining. I love every minute of it. But I keep wondering… WHY?
Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe people are tired of the news, the politics, the arguing, the bills, and a world that seems to have forgotten how to be happy. Maybe we’re all just looking for something that reminds us of a simpler time.
A time when Christmas meant riding around looking at lights, department store windows decorated like something out of a fairy tale, Christmas catalogs with the corners folded down, aluminum Christmas trees, those big colored lights that got hot enough to cook a ham, and Mom telling you not to touch the presents under the tree.
Maybe people aren’t rushing Christmas because they want more presents. Maybe they’re rushing Christmas because they want that FEELING back.
That feeling of being a kid. Of being excited about something. Of believing, even for a little while, that everything was going to be all right.
And maybe, just maybe, after the last few years, America could use a little more Christmas.
But I’m curious… Have YOU noticed Christmas starting earlier this year? And do you think it’s because people genuinely love Christmas, or because we’re all desperately trying to find a little happiness in a world that’s gotten way too damn serious?
Because I’m starting to think we’re not putting up Christmas decorations early.
And I don’t think everybody’s in a hurry to get to December 25th.
I think a whole lot of us would give anything to get back to December 25th, 1972.
Muslims set fire to the entrance of a Catholic school in Roubaix, France in broad daylight. It’s not a conspiracy who’s been burning down churches around the world.