Brand of Empire — Luke Short

GOLD IN HIS DREAMS. . .BLOOD ON HIS HANDS

Nothing could stop Matt Waranrode'smlust for power. As U.S.msenatormand respected cattleman,mhemcontroll D the law,MThe territory and everyone in it -- Indians and ranchers alike. He bribed the greedy to gain his bloody empire... and murdered the rest to keep....

When the local newspaper got out of line, he sent his killers after it. When one of his Cowboys objected, the man was horsewhipped and beaten senseless. But that was the senator's big mistake. He should have killed Pete Yard then and there. For now a deadly game began between the lord of the Ute River and the forty-a-month puncher with Justice on his mind and vengeance in his heart.