The Last Wagon Train
The Last Wagon Train by William W. Johnstone is set to be published by Kensington on October 22, 2024. This 400-page novel unfolds a dramatic confrontation in the Wild West, where a small-time wagoner faces off against a powerful rail boss determined to dominate the region. The story centers on the Callahan family, who have long operated the local wagon train business, now threatened by Arbuckle, a big-city figure who underestimates their resolve and challenges them to a dangerous contest.
Readers will follow Luke “Tomahawk” Callahan as he returns to Hansen’s Bend after serving as an army scout, unaware of the deadly stakes involving his father’s murder and the rail boss’s schemes. The narrative explores themes of honor and vengeance as Tomahawk teams up with a journalist eager to document the unfolding events. As Arbuckle’s henchmen plot to sabotage the wagon train, the tension escalates, leading to a showdown that could determine the fate of the Old West. This edition is presented in English and captures the essence of Western fiction.
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It’s the ultimate Wild West showdown between a small-time wagoner and a big-city rail boss—on a deadly collision course—in this blazing new series from the bestselling Johnstones.
WILL THIS BE . . . THE LAST WAGON TRAIN?
A new railroad line is coming to Hansen’s Bend—and the Old West will never be the same. Especially for the Callahans. They’ve been running the local wagon train outfit for years. But now a pompous rail boss named Arbuckle wants to put them out of business. This big-city weasel mocks the Callahans’ “slow-poke” wagons—and bets he can finish laying track all the way to the end of the line before Callahan’s wagon train even makes it over the mountains. Callahan accepts the challenge—and gets gunned down before it even starts . . .
But the contest isn’t over. The wagoner’s son, Luke “Tomahawk” Callahan, has returned to Hansen’s Bend after five years as an army scout. He knows nothing about the rail boss’s challenge or his father’s murder—until he sees the newspaper headline: “The Last Wagon Train?” The pretty lady journalist who wrote it wants to ride along and follow this story to the end. And of course, Tomahawk wants to defend his father’s honor and avenge his death. But Arbuckle has sent his henchmen to sabotage the wagon train to make sure Tomahawk and his wagons are dead on arrival . . .
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