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Modern West Fiction

Fellow Warriors of Company K

From Fierce Foes to Fellow Warriors

Disillusioned U.S. Cavalry Major Sam Nabors hopes to retire when he is called to Fort Leavenworth in the post-Civil War West. Guilt-ridden after the murder of his family on their Silver Creek farm in Kansas, Nabors is promoted to colonel and convinced by General Andy Chutte that he is one of few who can lead a mission to retrieve an abandoned cache of gold…before disaffected Confederate marauders steal it to finance a new war. Nabors grudgingly accepts, buying time to resolve his grief and please the general.

Nabors is joined by an unlikely match of Union and Southern officers, the famed all-black Buffalo Soldiers, Comanche and Osage, and remarkable emancipated women of the period. Too late, a supposedly loyal officer is linked to his family’s death…and a whole lot more. A trail of blood and betrayal ensues from New Mexico territory to Silver Creek before Nabors and fellow warriors extract the long-delayed revenge and Nabors can hang up his spurs for good.

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A Perfect Fit

Arch Gibson
Sep 5, 2021
1 min read

If I could pick the actors today to star in the film version of my modern west novel, Black Galaxie 500, my first pick would be Zahn McLarnon, who so convincingly played reservation Police Chief Mathias in the Longmire series.

For me, Zahn would play the main character, Slick Kotah, a Marine vet in search of his real father. It requires portrayal of strong warrior spirit, honor and a healthy mistrust of White man's motives.

We watched the first episode of the first Longmire season last week and once again rekindled our love affair with the entire cast, the story line, the setting. Everything but the undeserved cancellation of the Longmire series, author Craig Johnson's modern west masterpiece.

I met Craig a few years back in Helena, MT, a hefty drive from his home in Buffalo, WY, and the fictional Absaroka County. Craig entertained a crowd of several hundred Longmire fans with his life story and a behind-the-scenes look at Longmire and the craft of writing. It was one of the many inspirations I have received from current authors who carve their tales from the unjust and greed-laden side of the modern American West. The dust has yet to settle on our genre, and with the likes of writers like Craig Johnson and actors such as Zahn, it never will.

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