Books like 'Steampunk Tales: Issue 12'

Readers who enjoyed Steampunk Tales: Issue 12 by G.D. Falksen, Lora Friedenthal, Hunter Liguore, Peter Woodworth, Rekha Ambardar, Shelly Goodman Wright, Cindy MacLeod, John Sondericker & Austin H. Williams also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • Mose Cabot by R.O. Lane

    Mose Cabot by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Mose Cabot leaves Virginia as a young man, gets jobs on steamboats and works his way to Fort Benton, Montana. Along the way, he runs into a lost little boy named Gabriel Allsop. Together they strike out and file a mining claim in Montana Gulch. They work for three years at their mining claim before settling on a homestead in the Bitterroot Valley, where they build a horse ranch...
  • Mariposa by R.O. Lane

    Mariposa by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nash Powell and Ewell Roberts take jobs Mariposa, Texas, to tame the town and bring law and order. It's a tough assignment, and both men escape with their lives repeatedly. Along the way, the men find love and romance. It's a story of two men who grow to respect one another because they always do their duty as their consciences dictate. Another exciting novel from the pen of R. O...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Wilbur by R. O. Lane

    Wilbur by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wilbur dreams of being a U.S. Deputy Marshal, and when he's old enough, he's sworn in and has a taste of the life. He's shot, recovers and goes after the outlaws with an Osage tracker to help him. Eventually, he captures the head of the outlaw gang and transports him back to Fort Smith to face Judge Isaac C. Parker, the hanging judge...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • The Poker Chip by R. O. Lane

    The Poker Chip by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Poker Chip is another classic western with a bit of romance. Vance Brennan falls in love with Lexie Moody, but she marries someone else, who turns out to be a scoundrel. Jeff Warren bets his wife, Lexie, on a game of poker. The winner insists that Warren pay up, and he devises a scheme to have his wife kidnapped and taken to Mexico to pay off his gambling debt...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Retribution by C.J. Petit

    Retribution by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Joey couldn’t imagine a better thirteenth birthday. He’d been given his first pistol and now was going to join his six older brothers on tomorrow’s job. They were going to trust him with covering their escape after robbing the bank and he was determined to do it right. He was immensely proud to be a Hogan, and his tough brothers were his heroes...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater by Vazha-Pshavela

    Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater by Vazha-Pshavela

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vazha Pshavela (1861-1915) is considered one of the great poets in the fifteen-centuried Georgian literature. The three poems represented in the book are the most distinguished works of the poet...
  • Waylon Nance by R. O. Lane

    Waylon Nance by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A young vaquero leaves a cattle drive to look for a woman stolen by Comanches. He spends months in Comanche country only the find that the Army will offer no help whatever. So he hires his own Lipan scout, and travels over much of Indian Territory and Texas to find the woman he loves...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • War Adams by C J. Petit

    War Adams by C J. Petit

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    United States Marshal War Adams stared at the telegram in disbelief...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Virgil's Herd by C.J. Petit

    Virgil's Herd by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Virgil Scott and his best friend Roy Sheffield left their horse ranch and were making one of their routine runs to Denver to deliver thirty-two horses...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Hank by R.O. Lane

    Hank by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Henry Hankins of the Tennessee Hankins rides west to find his elder brother, Seth, who has disappeared into the gold fields of Montana. Henry's search takes him to Virginia City and all over the mining centers of southwest Montana. Eventually it leads him to Nevada. On the trip he finds love and romance and adopts a little boy that he learns to love...
  • When The Ties Bind by Duane Boehm

    When The Ties Bind by Duane Boehm

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Gideon Johann Western Series , the Wild Horse Westerns Series , and the Hand Of Western Series comes When The Ties Bind , a story of loss, love, acceptance, and revenge! With the death of his pa, Wyatt Roundtree not only lost the last of his family, but he also lost their ranch at the hands of an unscrupulous banker and a vengeful rancher...
  • Navarro by R. O. Lane

    Navarro by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Navarro is a bounty hunter who stumbles upon a woman who has been kidnapped in the wilds of Colorado in 1877. He rescues her and befriends her, but she has enemies, lots of enemies. She talks Navarro into being her bodyguard, and he takes off after her enemies and the result is another exciting novel from the pen of R. O. Lane...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Texas Paladin Rides Again by R. O. Lane

    Texas Paladin Rides Again by R. O. Lane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Texas Ranger Jubal Coe returns to the Texas Rangers and tackles one assignment after another. He goes after three escapees from Huntsville Prison and kills all three after they riddle him with bullets. He's assigned to Eagle Pass to stop the cattle rustling and murders of gangs on both sides of the border...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Frank Bannon: The Fixer: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Frank Bannon: The Fixer: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first book in an exciting series from C. Wayne Winkle! This is the start of a series of adventures about Frank Bannon—a man of action who keeps on the job until it is done.When your wife dies, somebody beats you up and steals your horse, then kills your dog, you go after them. At least, that’s what Frank Brannon did. He gave the rich man every chance to make things right...
  • Rail Detective by R.O. Lane

    Rail Detective by R.O. Lane

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Callum Devlin gets the assignment to accompany a rail car with $500,000 in gold double eagles from the San Francisco Mint to Kansas City. A gang attacks the train and dynamites the car with the gold and Devlin inside. The resulting fight is furious and deadly. Devlin decides to go to San Francisco and get revenge on the gang. On the trip, he unexpectedly meets a woman and falls in love...
  • Sam's County by C.J. Petit

    Sam's County by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Yavapai County in Arizona Territory was bigger than Pennsylvania, and Sheriff Sam Hicks and his three deputies were the only law that most of its residents knew. When China Joe's gang knocked off the huge cash shipment heading for Prescott, Sheriff Hicks left his office unsure if this would be his last job one way or the other...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Tate by C.J. Petit

    Tate by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Laramie had just been hit by the Clayton gang, leaving Sheriff Joe Tate without any deputies to serve the entire county. But, as bad as the gunfight had been, the visitor to his office to file a complaint for something that wasn’t even a crime turned out to be much more significant and life-changing...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Hellados by Nodar Dumbadze

    Hellados by Nodar Dumbadze

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hellados von Nodar Dumbadze erzählt über die Geschichte von zwei Teenagern aus Abchasien – Djemal und Ianguli. Als Djemal von Tiflis nach Suchumi zur Verwandtschaft umzieht, wird er mit dem Häuptling des Stadtviertels, dem griechischen Jungen Ianguli, konfrontiert. Ihre Beziehung, die am Anfang voll von Brüskierungen war, entwickelt sich langsam zur starken Freundschaft...
  • High Stakes by Freya Barker

    High Stakes by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she’s taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don’t seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome...
  • Unwanted by C.J. Petit

    Unwanted by C.J. Petit

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Joe Beck wasn’t listening as the minister eulogized his uncle but was already planning on what he would have to do as soon as they returned to the Quimby farm. He wasn’t welcome there even before his uncle had died and knew that his cousin John would soon order him to leave...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • The Ballad of Uriah: A Mountain Man Story by Mike Mackessy

    The Ballad of Uriah: A Mountain Man Story by Mike Mackessy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A brand new Mountain Man adventure from Mike Mackessy!This is a story of a young man, quitting school to run to the mountains and join the beaver trappers and Indian traders.  Understanding enough about himself, he realizes he is not yet prepared for such an adventure.  He prepares himself by working for three years on a railroad crew...
  • Healing of the Broken Dog by Mike Mackessy

    Healing of the Broken Dog by Mike Mackessy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A story of how the former captive and Indian slave Clint Hunter overcomes his past, shedding it for a future he makes and shapes for himself. Along the way his life affects almost everyone he comes in contact with, Texas Rangers, the cowboys that work his ranch, rustlers, outlaws, and Comanche Indians...
  • Ira: Son Of Mountain Man by Mike Mackessy

    Ira: Son Of Mountain Man by Mike Mackessy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The exciting new sequel to “Mountain Man” by Mike Mackessy! This is action, adventure and a Mountain Man looking for vengeance!Murder, mayhem, cattle and horse rustling. This is Ira: Son of Mountain Man as he finds himself in the middle of adventures and battles as a member of the Rangers, a Union scout, a US Marshal, an Indian fighter, and a rancher...
  • Beasts of Babylon by E.A. Copen

    Beasts of Babylon by E.A. Copen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gunslinger Anastasia Thorne won’t stay dead. Ten years ago, monsters murdered Anastasia and her children. Now, she’s back to hunt down the creatures responsible. She knows their names, their faces, and even where they’re hiding. There’s just one problem. No one in town believes her...
  • Sins of the Father by Heather Atkinson

    Sins of the Father by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A brand new historical crime series from the author of the Dividing Line series. Edinburgh 1880. When Amy Osbourne’s parents die in an accident she’s forced to leave her London home and is sent to live with her aunt and uncle at the opposite end of the country. Alardyce House is cold and dreary, her aunt haughty and cruel...
  • House of Cards by R.L. King

    House of Cards by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHERJust when Kira Talon is sure her life couldn’t go better, the unthinkable she’s found out her beloved brother is alive.But when she chooses to remain behind in one of the nonmagical cities to find him, she has no idea how much everything is about to change...
  • The Mechanic by R.L. King

    The Mechanic by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger Is In The CardsKira Talon’s future has never looked brighter.She’s got a new home in New Argana. Its brilliant and enigmatic leader Trevor Harrison has agreed to train her in magic. And as she settles into the next stage of her life, she’s finally beginning to get over her grief at the loss of her old friends...
  • Похищение луны by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Константин Гамсахурдиа

    Похищение луны by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Константин Гамсахурдиа

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Константин Симонович Гамсахурдиа писатель, филолог-грузиновед, автор историко-литературных трудов. Обосновывая значимость национальной литературы, большую работу писатель проделал по художественному воссозданию наиболее значительных событий героического прошлого грузинского народа. Он сумел с поразительным мастерством сблизить язык прозы и язык поэзии, лирические и эпические начала...
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    fiction  industrial-era  georgian  historical
  • Meant for the Marquess by Alexa Aston

    Meant for the Marquess by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An army major compelled to leave the military. A lady forced to earn her living. Two souls finding a new way of life . . . and each other . . . along with love. A brutal attack leaves Major Devin Hunt missing two fingers. Unable to fire a gun, he sells his commission and takes refuge with a former fellow officer who has now become a duke...
  • Unmasking Sin by Mary Lancaster

    Unmasking Sin by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A more intriguing option… Rebecca, Lady Cornish, is lonely. She comes to Maida Pleasure Gardens, masked and alone, just to feel part of a world that still dances and laughs. But she repels all company—until the mysterious Ludovic Dunne refuses to be dismissed. Intrigued and unwillingly attracted, Rebecca begins to wonder if he might become a friend. And she is badly in need of friends...
  • A Well-Kept Promise by L.G. Rollins

    A Well-Kept Promise by L.G. Rollins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that two conniving minds are better than one.Lady Venetia Lockhart has one goal—to prove to her family she is healthy enough for the London Season next year. But between an inattentive family and unwanted suitors, Venetia finds herself struggling to just make it through the hunting season...
  • Homecoming: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Homecoming: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The exciting fifth novel in the “The Adventures of Gunfighter Lucas Poteet” series from C. Wayne Winkle has arrived—this is gunplay, adventure and rip-roaring traditional Western action from one of the most exciting authors of today.On the frontier in the Old West, both men and women had to be tough to survive. Things happened to them sometimes in the blink of an eye...
  • Horse Hunt by Wyatt Cochrane

    Horse Hunt by Wyatt Cochrane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Most never get their heart’s desire…, But for a moment, Gus has his. On his own and chasing adventure, he is finally free. Be careful what you wish for. Raised to hate injustice and trained to use guns and fists, he can’t look away and ride on...
  • თეთრი ბაირაღები by Nodar Dumbadze

    თეთრი ბაირაღები by Nodar Dumbadze

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    სტუდენტ ზაზა ნაკაშიძეს, ჩხუბში მონაწილეობისთვის დააპატიმრებენ, უდანაშაულობის დამტკიცების იმედი არა აქვს. ციხის საკანში სხვადასხვა ეროვნებისა და მრწამსის დამნაშავეები შეყრილან. დროს განვლილ ცხოვრებაზე და დანაშაულის ჩადენის მიზეზებზე კამათში კლავენ. ქურდის, მკვლელის, სახელმწიფო ქონების გამფლანგველის, ყველაზე საშიში ბოროტმოქმედის სულშიც კი შეიძლება სათუთი გრძნობები იმალებოდეს...
  • The Searcher: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    The Searcher: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second book in the tremendous popular “Tennyson ‘Ten’ St. John Western” series from C. Wayne Winkle!Ten St. John continues his search for his father, this time heading for Las Vegas, NM, where he heard his father and a gunfighter, Noble Blake, were headed. But he doesn’t get there for a while.He runs across more trouble with Apaches and scalp hunters...
  • Nathan Gage And The Missing Woman: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Nathan Gage And The Missing Woman: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The second book in the tremendous “Nathan Gage” western series from C. Wayne Winkle! Ready yourself for blockbuster action, adventure and drama in the Old West!Every time Nathan Gage gets involved with a woman, it seems there’s more to it than what’s on the surface. This time, it involves a missing woman. A missing woman who might want to remain missing.But Gage has been hired to find her...
  • Last Breath by Duane Boehm

    Last Breath by Duane Boehm

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Last Breath is the highly anticipated fifth book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Western Classics, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, & Last Ride. Cattle are being rustled from ranches around Last Stand and seem to vanish into the night by the time they are discovered missing...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • First Rites by Wyatt Cochrane

    First Rites by Wyatt Cochrane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gus craves adventure… A real-life challenge… Not a made-up obstacle course of ropes and tin cans. Bred and trained to be a warrior–up to now–boredom and hard work have been his fiercest enemies. The winter’s hay safely in the barn, he finally gets a few days of leisure with his best friends. They discover one of his father’s cows butchered and only the best cuts taken...
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    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Eberron: Rising from the Last War by Wizards of the Coast

    Eberron: Rising from the Last War by Wizards of the Coast

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Explore the lands of Eberron in this campaign sourcebook for the world's greatest roleplaying game. This book provides everything players and Dungeon Masters need to play Dungeons & Dragons in Eberron--a war-torn world filled with magic-fueled technology, airships and lightning trains, where noir-inspired mystery meets swashbuckling adventure...
  • Trouble on the Western Plains: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Trouble on the Western Plains: A Western Adventure by C. Wayne Winkle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A brand new rip-roaring new Western adventure from C. Wayne Winkle!Nathan Gage left New Orleans after being hired by Charles Thomas to watch over his headstrong stepdaughter, Cassie Ryder. Gage thought the job would be a fairly simple one.He was wrong.Also watching Cassie was Wallace Bascom, one of those men who bluster a lot and dress well but have ulterior motives...
  • The Long Way Home by Sam Scott

    The Long Way Home by Sam Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the arid lands of Arizona, a guilt-ridden rancher protects a vulnerable young woman from a vicious outlaw. A year after burying the last of his family, Texan rancher, Newton Tanner, sets out for Arizona to buy horses from the legendary horseman, Joey Thunder. The trip offers Newt a respite, both from the past and from the lonesomeness of the Tanner homestead...
    Categorized as:
    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Broken Dog Ranch by Mike Mackessy

    Broken Dog Ranch by Mike Mackessy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A brand new Mountain Man series--- this is “Broken Dog Ranch” from Mike Mackessy! Ride with Clint Hunter, one of the most exciting Mountain Men of today!Clint Hunter the Mountain Man, army scout, soldier, Texas Ranger, and the friend to the Crow Indians is shedding the horrors of his past...
    Categorized as:
    fiction  industrial-era  adult  book  historical  western
  • Impossible by Darcy Burke

    Impossible by Darcy Burke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Society’s most exclusive invitation...Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances.Ada Treadway has been in love before, and it brought nothing but heartache...
  • Unmasking the Duke by Mary Lancaster

    Unmasking the Duke by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love at first smile… Charmingly wicked, Johnny Winter has spent his adulthood drifting from scandal to scandal. However, inheriting the dukedom of Dearham has him considering his responsibilities, one of which is to right the wrong done to a distant cousin twenty years ago. His search takes him to Maida Pleasure Gardens, where he is distracted by an unusual and intriguing beauty...
  • McKettricks Bundle by Linda Lael Miller

    McKettricks Bundle by Linda Lael Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can't get enough cowboys? Hooked on the McKettrick Men? Now get three McKettricks --Jesse, Rance, and Keegan --for one low price with the McKettricks Bundle! Bundle includes McKettrick's Heart, McKettrick's Pride, and McKettrick's Luck...
  • Cowboy's Bride by K.C. Crowne

    Cowboy's Bride by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Empire's Run: Otherworld Academy 04 by Deacon Frost

    Empire's Run: Otherworld Academy 04 by Deacon Frost

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Venture returned to the Academy to find it surrounded by the might of the empire. Levi Walker and his lovers must survive while under siege from the greatest military force the dimensions have ever known...
  • The Second Sight Bride by Emma Ashwood

    The Second Sight Bride by Emma Ashwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Rose: A compelling story of love and family ties by Lilly Adam

    Rose: A compelling story of love and family ties by Lilly Adam

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Northamptonshire, 1865. The callous Sebastian Harper returns home from a hunting trip on Bushel Farm with the devastating news that his younger half-brother, Johnnie, has lost his life in a tragic accident...
  • When Justice Is Done, 1874 by Gary Church, Paul L. Thompson

    When Justice Is Done, 1874 by Gary Church, Paul L. Thompson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's winter, 1874, when Johnny Black, traveling on a business trip, disappears six hundred miles from home. As he struggles to survive, his wife, Rosalinda, refusing to believe Johnny is dead, leads a search for him. Frantic efforts to find Johnny lead the searchers to suspect a powerful, evil man is responsible for his disappearance...
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