The California Trail (Trail Drive Series)

'Any reader who enjoys action-filled western adventure dreads the day that Compton runs out of western trails to write about...' -ROUNDUP MAGAZINE Gold fever had hit California and, suddenly, the land was full of hungry pioneers. For Gil and Van Austin, two Texas brothers, it meant the chance to sell well-grazed longhorns after years of hard ranching and a treacherous cattle drive up through Mexico. The only trouble was that California was on the other side of a searing desert, swollen rivers, a barrage of Indian attacks, and a whole passel of outlaw trouble. And while the Texans and their men were ready to take it all on, they weren't prepared for the ultimate act of treachery and deceit.