Long-Knives 06 Apache Gold

Guns blazed and blood spilled on the hot Arizona sand when the Apache warriors exploded from their ambush and fell upon Sergeant Terry O’Callan’s squad of blue-coated troopers. This wasn’t the first time O’Callan had traded hot lead with Chief Halcon’s braves—and as his troopers raised sabers and broke through the Apache ranks, he knew it wouldn’t be his last.
Halcon burned with a fierce hatred for the pony soldiers that rode from Fort Dawson, and vowed to take the scalp of every round-eye in the territory. And when gold is discovered on Apache land and an army of bloodthirsty prospectors armed with guns and dynamite surround the Indian village, it’s Halcon’s revenge against blood-crazed greed … until the brassy notes of CHARGE echo off the hills—and O’Callan must ride to glory or death for peace on the new frontier.

Patrick Andrews was born in Oklahoma in 1936 into a family of pioneers who participated in its growth from the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory to statehood. His father’s family were homesteaders and his mother's cattle ranchers. Consequently, he is among the last generation of American writers who had contacts with those people from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Patrick’s wife Julie says he both speaks and writes with an Oklahoma accent.

He is an ex-paratrooper, having served in the 82nd Airborne Division in the active army and the 12th Special Forces Group in the army reserves. Patrick began his writing career after leaving the army. He and his better half presently reside in southern California. He has a son Bill, who is an ex-paratrooper and a probation officer, and two grandchildren.