The Independently Published The Last End of the Trail

The trail ends in Caldwell.But the trouble is just beginning.When Jim Oakley arrives in the Kansas cattle town of Caldwell to take over as town marshal, he quickly discovers that the badge comes with a price. The town may have a marshal, but powerful cattleman Harlan Voss controls the money, the stockyards, and much of what happens behind closed doors.Oakley soon uncovers the truth behind the death of the marshal who came before him. What first appears to be an accident begins to look like something much darker.Then there is Clara Thorne, a widow who refuses to sell her valuable land despite pressure from men determined to control it.As cattle money, railroad ambitions, land, and violence collide, Oakley finds himself caught between the law and the men who believe they own it.With Tomas Reyes at his side and enemies closing in, Oakley must decide how far he is willing to go to protect a town that may not want to be saved.The open range is disappearing.The old West is changing.And in Caldwell, one marshal is about to discover what his badge is really worth.The Last End of the Trail is a gritty, atmospheric Western about justice, corruption, land, cattle money, and the men and women caught between the fading frontier and the new American West.