A CALEB MARLOWE NOVEL

HIGH COUNTRY JUSTICE

Caleb Marlowe carved out his own legend as frontier scout and lawman before arriving in the Colorado boomtown of Elkhorn. Famous for a lightning quick draw and nerves of steel, he is mysterious, guarded, and unpredictable. Now, he wants to leave the past behind. But the past has a way of dogging a man…

When Doc Burnett, Caleb’s only friend in town, goes missing, his daughter Sheila comes seeking his help. Newly arrived from back East, she hotly condemns the bloody frontier justice of the rifle and the six-gun. But this is the high country, and justice is fierce.

Murderous road agents have Doc at their mountain hideaway, out beyond the Devil’s Claw pass. To free Doc from the outlaws, Marlowe will have to track them through wild, uncharted territory, battling wild animals and bushwhackers. And when Sheila is captured by the ruthless gunhawks, Marlowe will have to take them down one-by-one, until no outlaw remains standing.

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““Caleb Marlowe is handsome, honest, loyal, fearless and strong enough to wrestle a cougar. He’s also an appealing character and bound to be popular with readers....
The story is filled with heinous outlaws, plenty of shootouts, heroic acts and twists and turns. The stagecoach robbers are not your average bunch of outlaws. The ending is a nice surprise...”
— Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post

”AN EXCELLENT READ!
I love a good western and that’s what this was, a really good western. It had all the elements. A dangerous small town filled with down and out of luck silver miners whose mines were played out. A shifty-eyed sheriff and trouble.…
Reading a Nik James book is like watching a movie. The description of the country as well as their crafting of characters made everything as clear as watching it….”
— Long and Short Reviews

“...Plenty of action, tense situations and twists to the plot....surprising revelations too.
An entertaining read, one I think all western fans will enjoy.”
— Steve M., Western Fiction Review”

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Bullets and Silver

A CALEB MARLOWE NOVEL

In this gritty and action-packed historical western, temporary lawman Caleb Marlowe must face his worst enemy by fighting his own kin.

Colorado, July 1878. A solar eclipse is almost upon the country, and the raucous town of Elkhorn is one of the centers of national attention. In the midst of boisterous and chaotic frontier pre-celebrations, Caleb Marlowe learns that local power broker Judge Horace Patterson is targeted for assassination by agents of a financial magnate.

Caleb’s efforts to thwart the plan, however, are complicated when a ghost from his past shows up. Elijah Starr, acting for a railroad robber baron, will use any ruthless method at his disposal to clear the way to control a planned rail line to be built through Elkhorn. Marlowe is commissioned to bring Starr in to face justice after the assassination attempt, but he has his own burning agenda. Starr is Caleb’s own father and the very man who abused and murdered Caleb’s mother.

Caleb swears his mother’s death will be avenged and justice will prevail...or he’ll die trying.

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““In a genre rife with larger-than-life protagonists who can do no wrong, Nik James allows Caleb Marlowe, the main character in Bullets and Silver, to screw up. It’s refreshing to wince when he gets distracted on horseback or fails to notice an inevitable double-cross. Set in 1878, in Elkhorn, Colorado, a few weeks before a media-hyped solar eclipse, Caleb agrees to serve as the bodyguard to a powerful local judge.
Later, he volunteers to hunt down the criminal mastermind behind an assassination attempt and its subsequent coverup—but only because the mission will give him a chance to settle a long simmering vendetta. The population of Elkhorn is peopled with the regular cast of characters: a brilliant doctor; a feisty love interest; two mischievous tweens; a kindly sheriff; the ornery town
drunk. Unique to Bullets and Silver is an emotional secondary plot that champions the rights of Chinese Americans following the San Francisco Riot of 1877, making this book a timely addition to the canon.”
— Sarah Steers, Library Journal Booklist Review

“Quite the page-turner for me and I really enjoyed every bit of this story. It is one of those stories that keeps you wanting to find out what happens in the end and provides on the pages the adventures you look forward to when reading about those fighting for justice in the Wild West. A well-written story about a deputy bringing his father to justice and closing an open chapter in his past.”
- Pen R., NetGalley Review

”Another riveting read in a wonderful Western series! Caleb Marlowe is definitely a force to be reckoned with and someone you want on your side…not against you!”
- Cathy G., Cathy’s World / GoodReads Review

“Bullets and Silver by Nik James was an entertaining continuation of his Western historical fiction series. Caleb Marlowe just wants to set up his ranch, but the judge in Elkhorn keeps hounding him to take over as sheriff. When his past comes back to haunt him, Caleb has no choice but to wear the silver star again.
I really enjoy Nik James’ writing; he brings the Old West to life. I love all his characters, and I’m more than smitten with Caleb Marlowe. He’s competent, determined, morally gray, he can shoot a man dead and a few chapters later bond with an infant. He’s not perfect, but he sure as hell tries his hardest. I also lived for the teasing banter and spark between him and Sheila Burnett.
Bullets and Silver was a great adventure that kept me on the edge of my seat more than once and found Caleb Marlowe gunslinging, fighting for his life, encountering rattlesnakes & wolves, out-numbered and facing down his past.”
- Amanda L. NetGalley Review”

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THE WINTER ROAD

A CALEB MARLOWE SERIES NOVELLA

A former cavalry soldier has a new battle to fight when he runs up against the lone survivor of a wagon ambush…and the band of killers who want her dead.

As Christmas approaches, Henry Jordan is on the way to meet up with his partner, the legendary frontiersman Caleb Marlowe. Finding a fifteen year old alone in a deserted mountain cabin with a dozen fresh graves nearby, Henry decides his plans for the ranch in Elkhorn, Colorado will have to wait. For nothing fires up his blood quicker than coming face-to-face with injustice.

Nell Cody escaped death at the hands of ruthless outlaws and the treacherous trail guide, Bart Kelly. For three months, she’s managed to survive alone in the wilderness. Her father’s dying request was for Nell to deliver the money he’d raised for the people of Youngblood Creek. But with the unforgiving Rocky Mountain winter upon her, Nell is losing hope of ever making good on her promise…until Henry Jordan arrives.

As they start their journey west, a tentative bond of trust forms between them. Danger lurks in the high country at every stormy turn. Nature’s fury and savage predators will test their strength and skill. But they’ll face the greatest threat of all in a lawless mountain town where Bart Kelly and his murderous gang lie in wait.

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“FIVE STARS!
”1877 frontier life was not easy, but being the sole survivor of a wagon train massacre in mountainous Colorado would be daunting. Nell Cody did survive but then needed to survive even more. Will she manage on her own?”
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”LOVED IT! I don’t know if either of the characters will end up in future stories but can’t wait for more. “
- Cathy’s World Review

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”The Henry Jordan series starts out with an atmospheric and suspenseful novella which paints such vivid, unprettified pictures of the wild west with its harsh living conditions and daily struggle for survival that it captivated me right from the start. It has all the makings of what I consider a good western adventure, a shootout, gunslinger and villains, and justice for the wronged party.”
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Silver Trail Christmas

A Caleb Marlowe Western

In this riveting historical western, feared gunslinger Caleb Marlowe is out to save his partner from the ruthless ambition of the town's railroad-obsessed power broker.

For years, Caleb Marlowe has been following a hard trail. Now fate finally seems to be smiling on him. The ranch he and his partner have been building is ready for a herd of longhorns, and a ghost from his troubled past is about to dance at the end of hangman's rope. With winter descending on the Colorado boom town of Elkhorn, Caleb's future looks bright.

But in the wild West, a man's fortune can turn with the speed of a mountain storm. When his partner is jailed for murder, his herd taken by rustlers, and his ranch nearly destroyed, Marlowe knows someone is trying to run him off. His nemesis, Elijah Starr, has been pardoned and hired by Judge Patterson—the local power broker—to build a railroad, and they are two men who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Marlowe stands alone against a gang of hired killers. The stakes could not be higher, and the cards are stacked against him. A final shootout is coming, but in Elkhorn no one—especially Caleb Marlowe—goes down without a fight.