The Land Tamers

By Stephen Bly

In 1870 a fugitive from Yankee justice, Confederate veteran Sandy Thompson looks for peace and solitude in the expanses of the untamed West. His quest is complicated by his reluctant business partnership with a low-down peddler named Montana Mudd and an orphaned Indian girl entrusted to his care. Somehow, together, the three drifters must find a home in a land where thieves, vengeful enemies, and forces of nature constantly threaten. And the trio must finally come to grips with the sinister Yankee officer determined to see Sandy dead. This was Christy Award western winner Stephen Bly's first novel published.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bly Books
• Release date: Oct 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005825188

Stephen Bly

Stephen Bly (1944-2011) authored and co-authored with his wife, Janet Chester Bly, more than 100 books, both historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction. He won the Christy Award in the category western novel for The Long Trail Home, from The Fortunes of the Black Hills Series. Other novels were Christy Award finalists: The Outlaw's Twin Sister, Picture Rock, and Last of the Texas Camp. His last novel, Stuart Brannon's Final Shot, finished with the help of his widow, Janet Chester Bly, and three sons--Russell, Michael, and Aaron--was a SELAH Award finalist. She just completed her first solo adult Indie novel, Wind in the Wires, Book 1, Trails of Reba Cahill.

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