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Nedler Palaz
Full Series List in Order
The Checker Board
1 - The Life Game Begins (Feb-2013)2 - Life's Endgame (Feb-2013)
3 - Satan's Havoc (Jul-2014)
4 - Medicine Bow Spirit (Feb-2015)
5 - The End of Reckoning (Sep-2015)
6 - Yellow Band (Aug-2016)
7 - Journey's End (Sep-2017)
Book List in Order: 14 titles
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The Checker Board Book One
- Feb-2013
- / General Fiction
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In 1880 West Texas, Dave Smith seeks a way to stay alive after choosing to run away from a family scandal in St. Louis. Dave encounters drunken Red Talbot and learns a hard knock lesson in a one sided fistfight. Pinto Larson, wily owner of The Che...
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The Checker Board Book Two
- Feb-2013
- / General Fiction
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By 1883, Dave Smith has matured into the cowboy life without fear of retribution from his father’s criminal schemes, but the long reach of Jason de Forest sends bounty hunter outlaws after Dave resulting in a shootout that kills four men. The last...
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The Life Game Begins
- Feb-2013
- / Western
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In 1880 West Texas, Dave Smith seeks a way to stay alive after choosing to run away from a family scandal in St. Louis. Dave encounters drunken Red Talbot and learns a hard knock lesson in a one sided fistfight. Pinto Larson, wily owner of The Checke...
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Life's Endgame
- Feb-2013
- / Western
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By 1883, Dave Smith has matured into the cowboy life without fear of retribution from his father's criminal schemes, but the long reach of Jason de Forest sends bounty hunter outlaws after Dave resulting in a shootout that kills four men. The last gr...
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Satan's Havoc
- Jul-2014
- / Historical
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By 1883, Dave Smith and Sam Eagle Feather Larson leave West Texas when bounty hunters pursue them. Finding a way to survive by chasing wild horses, the two settle into a horse camp where they round up likely horses for re-sale in El Paso. One magnifi...
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Medicine Bow Spirit
- Feb-2015
- / Historical
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Pursued by bounty hunters, in 1883, Dave Smith rides out of New Mexico territory toward Wyoming Territory. He encounters the Cheyenne nation in the person of young 'Moon Stands in Water' who was taken from her tribe during a raid. Together they encou...
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The End of Reckoning
- Sep-2015
- / Historical
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In 1885 Dave Smith undertakes to track criminal Cassius Harding to Kansas. The man now operates as Josh Hardton, successfully amassing thousands of acres through a cunningly engineered river bed diversion and a bribed resurvey. Landowners are angry a...
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The Checker Board Book Six
- Aug-2016
- / General Fiction
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In the late 1880’s, Dave Smith finds work at a freight line in a remote mining town as he pursues the reason why renegade Cheyenne chief, Yellow Band, is stealing assay rock samples; and why vindictive Sheriff Gus Tern turns the entire town against...
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Yellow Band
- Aug-2016
- / Historical
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In the late 1880's, Dave Smith finds work at a freight line in a remote mining town as he pursues the reason why renegade Cheyenne chief, Yellow Band, is stealing assay rock samples; and why vindictive Sheriff Gus Tern turns the entire town against h...
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Journey's End
- Sep-2017
- / Historical
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A severe head injury causes loss of memory, with no name, Dave responds to an internal compass to guide him in search for his old life. Without recall of another life, now known as Dave Larson, he finds work as a ranch-hand in 1887 Montana Territory....
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Great Bear's Redemption
- Oct-2019
- / Historical
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In 1896, fifteen years after setting up the Checker Board ranch in Wyoming, Dave Smith earns his law degree and completes his one last goal. An ancient cadre of Indian warriors known as the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, led by Great Bear, interrupt Dave's p...
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The Bear Killer Badge
- Feb-2021
- / Historical
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The 'Bear Killer Badge' is earned through acts of courage, perseverance and good judgement to achieve an extraordinary deed. In 1897 Wyoming, Dave Smith faces bankruptcy after a winter blizzard killed off his cattle herd. Purchase of replacement catt...
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Face the Wind
- Jan-2022
- / General Fiction
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'Face the Wind' is a term used by Native American men to demonstrate their prowess in battle, at winning against odds, and succeeding in their endeavor. The term carries succinct relevance to the Smith twins and their resolute spirits.In this Tenth h...
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Justice Dominates
- Sep-2023
- / Historical
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Set in Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1899, book eleven in the Checker Board series continues to follow the trials and tribulations of Judge Dave Smith, and his family, friends, and foes. When a rattlesnake is set loose in his courtroom, stopping a civil tria...