The peace treaty between the Indians and the white men is in a state of collapse. With the shining metal rails of the railroad pushing steel into the heart of Indian territory, the tenuous peace agreement hangs on a knife edge. The Indians have been sold nothing but lies, and their anger at the constant encroachment upon their lands is stronger than ever. Whilst the chiefs attempt to keep the peace, the younger members of the tribe are hungry for revenge. Every year the number of Indian warriors slaughtered by the white settlers increases and the time has come to make a stand. But nothing is going to stop the ruthless railroad boss, Lamont, from getting what he wants. Knowing full well that lucrative gold mines lie in the heart of Indian territory, Lamont is just waiting for an opportunity to start a war to serve his own greed and purpose. And he doesn’t have to wait long. When a young Sioux warrior steals some horses from Lamont’s settlement, it provides the perfect excuse to start a full-blown war against the Indians. The normally peaceful lands explode into violent action, with Lamont determined to wipe out the Indians once and for all. It's not long before the sun-scorched grass of the prairie is stained with the blood of Indians and white men alike. But with a war that is destined to last for years, will the prospect of peace remain but a distant memory? The Dying Tree is a dramatic, action-filled western that is guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seat. 'A thrilling read.' - Robert Foster, acclaimed author of The Lunar Code . Edwin Charles Tubb was a British writer of western novels, science fiction and fantasy. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stores and novellas, Tubb used 58 different pen names over five decades. He passed away in 2010, but his legacy lives on.
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Edwin Charles Tubb (15 October 1919 – 10 September 2010) was a British writer of science fiction, fantasy and western novels. The author of over 140 novels and 230 short stories and novellas, Tubb is best known for The Dumarest Saga (US collective title: Dumarest of Terra) an epic science-fiction saga set in the far future Much of Tubb's work has been written under pseudonyms including Gregory Kern, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm and George Holt. He has used 58 pen names over five decades of writing although some of these were publishers' house names also used by other writers: Volsted Gridban (along with John Russell Fearn), Gill Hunt (with John Brunner and Dennis Hughes), King Lang (with George Hay and John W Jennison), Roy Sheldon (with H. J. Campbell) and Brian Shaw. Tubb's Charles Grey alias was solely his own and acquired a big following in the early 1950s. An avid reader of pulp science-fiction and fantasy in his youth, Tubb found that he had a particular talent as a writer of stories in that genre when his short story 'No Short Cuts' was published in New Worlds magazine in 1951. He opted for a full-time career as a writer and soon became renowned for the speed and diversity of his output. Tubb contributed to many of the science fiction magazines of the 1950s including Futuristic Science Stories, Science Fantasy, Nebula and Galaxy Science Fiction. He contributed heavily to Authentic Science Fiction editing the magazine for nearly two years, from February 1956 until it folded in October 1957. During this time, he found it so difficult to find good writers to contribute to the magazine, that he often wrote most of the stories himself under a variety of pseudonyms: one issue of Authentic was written entirely by Tubb, including the letters column. His main work in the science fiction genre, the Dumarest series, appeared from 1967 to 1985, with two final volumes in 1997 and 2008. His second major series, the Cap Kennedy series, was written from 1973 to 1983. In recent years Tubb updated many of his 1950s science fiction novels for 21st century readers. Tubb was one of the co-founders of the British Science Fiction Association.
