"The savage saga of a heroic Indian and his single-handed war against the invading white man!"
The white men robbed Cuchillo Oro of everything but his pride … Captured and falsely accused of killing a white man by bigoted townsfolk, Cuchillo faces the hangman’s knot. But the grandson of the great chief, Mangas Colorado was not one to suffer the penalty of false accusations. He must escape his captors and find the true killer to clear his name; to defeat the vendetta of an entire town with only his cold Apache cunning, and the deadly golden knife from which he took his name. And he would take payment in blood. The Apache Series The First Death Knife in the Night Duel to the Death … and more to come! Death Train Fort Treachery Sonora Slaughter Blood Line Blood on the Tracks The Naked and the Savage All Blood is Red The Cruel Trail Fool's Gold The Best Man Born to Die Blood Rising Texas Killing Blood Brother Slow Dying Death Dragon Blood Wedding Fast Living Border Killing Death Valley Death Ride Times Past The Hanging Debt of Blood
The Doubleday brothers had left him, brutally beaten, to die in the desert. Somehow, Cuchillo survived, and swore to avenge the vicious attack. Andy was the first to feel the thrust of the Indian’s fabled golden knife … Stan was next .… As he faced his avowed enemy, Cuchillo knew that his life trembled on the edge of a knife. Moving very slowly he put his right hand into the pocket of his trousers and pulled out the coins. With a wide sweep of the hand, the Apache warrior opened his fingers, revealing the golden glint of the money, the last rays of the sun making them sparkle and glitter in his hand. Now the white man would pay for his mistake—and the legendary Hernando’s gold could claim its last victim. For Cuchillo Oro, this was sweet, savage revenge—worth more than the treasure he had risked his life to find.
"From the slow dying of the Colorado township of Pine's Peak to the fast living of San Francisco, Cuchillo Oro has it made in the world of the white man--until he meets up with a fancy madame who makes an unusual proposition. Appears as if Magnolia Speke wants the Apache warrior to become her partner, and when pleasure comes before business, it's an off he can hardly refuse."
26th story in the gripping Apache series. The sleepy little town of Defiance, Arizona used to be a friendly place - until the streets ran red with innocent blood spilled by a marauding band of Apaches and Mexicans.