WILLIAM W. JOHNSTONE'S BREATHTAKING MOUNTAIN MAN SERIES SET THE STANDARD FOR WESTERN ADVENTURE. NOW A NEW SAGA BEGINS AS THE ADOPTED SON OF SMOKE JENSEN TAKES HIS PLACE ON THE UNFORGIVING AND VIOLENT AMERICAN FRONTIER...
BORN TO BE BRAVE.
Matt Cavanaugh was nine years old when a band of outlaws slaughtered his family...Now Matt is 18, honed by hardship, steeped in survival and carrying the last name of the man who raised him: Smoke Jensen. With Smoke's wisdom, his own courage and just enough money to start a life, Matt Jensen begins a relentless hunt for the outlaws, led by the deadly Winston Pugh, who murdered his family in cold blood. Pugh won't be hard to find; his scarred face gives him away. But Matt soon discovers there's a lot more to vengeance than hunting down a man--and that in a clash of guns and guile, true justice is waiting just beyond a town called Perdition...
