Disillusioned U.S. Cavalry Major Sam Nabors hopes to retire when he is called to Fort Leavenworth in the post-Civil War West. Guilt-ridden after the murder of his family on their Silver Creek farm in Kansas, Nabors is promoted to colonel and convinced by General Andy Chutte that he is one of few who can lead a mission to retrieve an abandoned cache of gold…before disaffected Confederate marauders steal it to finance a new war. Nabors grudgingly accepts, buying time to resolve his grief and please the general.
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Nabors is joined by an unlikely match of Union and Southern officers, the famed all-black Buffalo Soldiers, Comanche and Osage, and remarkable emancipated women of the period. Too late, a supposedly loyal officer is linked to his family’s death…and a whole lot more. A trail of blood and betrayal ensues from New Mexico territory to Silver Creek before Nabors and fellow warriors extract the long-delayed revenge and Nabors can hang up his spurs for good.
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Arch Gibson has storytelling in his DNA. Always a man of letters and a true student of history, his work is absorbing and a pleasure to read.
Noel Quinn, loyal reader of the Bear Kotah series
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Mr. Gibson's writing style is a cross between Louis L'Amour and W.E.B. Griffin.
Ray Sockwell, Jr. SgtMaj, USMC (Ret)
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Gibson, a talented storyteller, spins his tale with a level of assurance that keeps the reader with him.
Kirkus Reviews
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