


Jacob Blade: Vigilante
Series · 10 books · 2019-2020
Books in series

#1
The Avenging Angel
2019
Jacob Blade—a man with a vengeance. A man with a gun, a steady aim—the steel will to fire his weapon and end a life. A man who hunts down those who have crossed him and kills them with a cool, steely glare. A man with no desire except for revenge and justice. This is the man you will be reading about. This is the book you are currently holding.
Vengeance. He swore it. His gun will make sure of it. His resolve. His will. Blade—a man with killing on his mind. This is the latest rip-roaring Western adventure from Charles Ray, the bestselling Western author. This is the first book in a new series that will blow criminals away, avenge those who have been crossed and bring justice to the Old West.
Grab your copy of this great new Western adventure today—for a journey that will lead one man to the very ends of civilization to bring justice to his heart.

#2
Vengeance Is Mine
2019
The second book in the bestselling "Jacob Vigilante Western Adventure Series."
After avenging the murder of his parents, half-breed Jacob Blade decides he can never go back to the simple life of a farmer; he has seen so many others suffer, so much evil, he’s determined to wipe out as much of it as he can. He arrives in the little town of Loblolly just after a gang of outlaws have cleaned out its bank and killed several of its citizens. This senseless violence upsets him, but when he meets two young people whose parents were gunned down before their eyes, he gets angry, and decides he has chosen the right he will rid the world of evil, one outlaw at a time. His search takes him to a hidden valley in New Mexico Territory’s Sangre de Christo Mountains, where he faces twelve outlaws with just a teenager whose brother the same outlaws killed in another bank robbery, and an old miner who is given to flowery, almost incomprehensible monologues. The odds are against him, but Jacob Blade is not one to back down. He will either succeed in his mission, or die trying.
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#3
Hot Lead, Cold Steel
2019
The third book in the bestselling "Jacob Vigilante Western Adventure Series."
Half-breed Jacob Blade captures a fugitive near the town of Eldorado, Colorado. As he’s turning him in to the local sheriff, a gang of hooligans shoot up the town, killing a young woman and seriously injuring the sheriff. The sheriff knows the culprits and appoints Jacob as his deputy to bring them in because his injuries prevent him from doing so.
Hesitant to put on a badge, Jacob finally relents and goes up against the richest rancher in the area and his band of vicious gunmen. These hard, evil men have been accustomed to having their own way, but they’ve never met a man like Jacob Blade who, with knife and gun, brings justice to the West.
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#4
Hell in the High Country
2019
The action-packed fourth book in the exciting "Jacob Vigilante Western Adventure Series!"
Jacob Blade, the half-breed vigilante, is at a cross road. He is determined to rid the West of evil, but frustrated by the futility of it all. Seeking solace, he retreats to the mountains of Colorado, where he encounters an old recluse mountain man, Reuben Bridger. After saving Jacob from a mountain lion, the old man takes him on as a student, determined to help him learn to survive in the unfamiliar environs of the mountains. Jacob finds, though, that evil exists everywhere, and he and Reuben soon find themselves facing off against a corrupt mine owner who is attempting to forcibly take over the mine belonging to a competitor. Jacob turns to what he knows, the power of the gun, to once again eliminate evil and restore order, and in the process, learns an important lesson.
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#5
The Last Stage Heading To Mesa Grande
2019
The action-packed fifth book in the exciting "Jacob Blade: Vigilante Western Adventure Series!"
Half-breed vigilante Jacob Blade is resting in Eldorado after a harrowing stay in the mountains, when an outlaw burns down a house with the family inside, and then flees south to Arizona. Intent on retribution, Jacob chases the outlaw to Mesa Grande. Riding a stagecoach for the first time, he’s uncomfortable, and that increases when the man he’s chasing tries to rob the coach. Jacob fights the gang off, killing two, and once in Mesa Grande, learns that his quarry is known as a trouble maker, who probably killed his own parents by burning them alive, just as he did the poor victims in Colorado.
Alone in unfamiliar territory, with unknown forces conspiring against him, Jacob faces his toughest challenge yet.

#6
Heartbreak Ridge Shootout
2019
The action-packed sixth book in the exciting "Jacob Blade: Vigilante Western Adventure Series!"
Vigilante Jacob Blade goes to the town of Regina, New Mexico to collect the reward for two outlaws he’s brought in—across their saddles. He encounters Rachel West, who is put off by his occupation, but when Jacob saves her son, Toby, from a beating, she offers him the hospitality of her ranch as thanks, and sparks fly between them. When a local landowner covets her spread, and her life is threatened, Jacob decides to stay for more than dinner, and as much as he likes being on the open plain, he will not leave until she and her son are safe.

#7
The Last Gunfighter Standing
2019
Jacob follows a wanted killer from Rio Rico, a little town near the Mexican border, to Calabash Crossing in the northern part of Arizona Territory. When he meets Calabash Crossing’s sheriff, B.J. Kincaid, the fact that she’s a woman puts him off at first, but when the two of them join forces to find the killer and his gang, her grit, determination, and skill with a gun causes him to have a change of heart. As days go by, he finds his heart in danger of developing an attachment to B.J., and of falling prey to the charms of Mazie Carter, the main entertainment at Calabash Crossing’s Silver Dollar Saloon. Jacob’s not sure which is more dangerous, an outlaw’s bullets or two women’s charms—and he has to deal with both. Grab your copy today!

#8
The Lust For Blood
2019
When Jacob Blade rode into the little town of Trinity, he was just looking for a place to rest for a few days. But, a deranged killer, guns down the preacher, school master, and several children at the church, disrupting his plans. The sheriff’s out of town, and there doesn’t seem to be anyone else who knows what to do, so Jacob takes it upon himself to track the killer down. When he comes to a farm where a family has been slaughtered, except for the 8-year-old daughter, the quest becomes personal for him. He’s reminded of the murder of his own family, and his vow to avenge the innocents who suffer at the hands of the evil.
Once again, the Avenging Angel is out to rid the west of evil, one funeral at a time.

#9
Sins of the Father
2019
Jacob is chasing a fugitive who has fled to Nebraska. When he arrives in Canaan, a town settled by former slaves seeking freedom and land of their own, he learns that they are under siege from a local rancher who wants to take their land from them. In keeping with his vow to fight evil wherever he finds it, he offers to help them defend their town, setting in motion a confrontation with one of the most pernicious evils, the evil of greed and wealth that looks down upon those considered inferior. The people of Canaan are peace-loving, with no experience in war or fighting, so Jacob has his work cut out for him. But for Jacob Blade, the harder the job, the harder he fights.

#10
The Crow's Shadow
2020
Jacob takes down a bank robber near Calabash Crossing, and decides to turn the man in there so he can reconnect with his friend, Sheriff BJ Kincaid. Upon arrival, BJ, and her best friend, Mazie Carter, an entertainer at the Silver Dollar Saloon, make that reconnection complicated. Then, BJ imposes upon Jacob for help in solving some mysterious cattle disappearances, leading to a tense stand-off with a bloodthirsty band of rustlers and a murder of ravenous crows.
Life hasn’t been simple or easy for Jacob since he resolved to spend his life ridding the west of evil, but he realizes that, until his return to Calabash Crossing, it has been fairly uncomplicated. Now, complications are the main challenge he has to deal with.
Authors

Charles Ray
Author · 87 books
I've been writing since my teens. In addition to writing for several newspapers and magazines in the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa, I've written two books on leadership and a number of fiction works. I'm also a published poet, photographer, and artist. I write in several genres, reflecting my broad reading tastes. I spent 20 years in the army, retiring in 1982 and becoming a diplomat. I've worked in about 10 countries and traveled to about 30 more, mining each for material to write about.