This classic frontier tale is a story of Wetzel, the brutal, enigmatic Indian fighter; of Betty Zane, who slew men with her beauty, then threw their love away; and of the hardy settlers who fought against all odds to make a heaven of the hell on earth they pioneered.

A third world war has left America a lawless and battered land. But amid the pillage and heartless killings, one brave young man has become America's last hope for justice and freedom ... In a nation ruled by anarchy, a new order is gradually emerging, that of the Guardians of Hell—a motorcycle gang with ambitions to rule the whole country. Their weapons? Rape, murder, and brutal torture. When Martin Stone makes his way through the ruins of Colorado to free his kidnapped sister, he can hardly believe what he sees. A man calling himself the New Prophet is claiming he has the God-given right to make the rest of mankind his slaves, and punishment for disobedience is slow death by crucifixion. His army? The Guardians of Hell. For the Last Ranger this is a golden opportunity to crush evil at its most diabolic roots ...

A THIRD WORLD WAR HAS LEFT AMERICA A LAWLESS AND BATTERED LAND. BUT AMID THE PILLAGE AND HEARTLESS KILLING. ONE BRAVE YOUNG MAN HAS BECOME AMER-ICA'S LAST HOPE FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM Martin Stone is on his way to Vernal, Utah There. sitting atop a mountain plateau. is the fortress of 'the dwarf"— the power-hungry crippled fanatic who rules the evil empire that has replaced legitimate government after the war. Now called the "Last Resort: this one-time luxury hotel has be-come a true Sodom and Gomorrah for all the high-rolling perverts and murderers of America and is defended by an army of madmen released from mental asylums at the dwarf's order. The Last Ranger has a special reason for wanting to penetrate this den of iniquity. Ho knows his sister April is there. kidnapped by the dwarfs henchmen—and about to be sold into white slavery

Martin Stone, a survivor of WW3, finds himself in boot camp with the New American Army led by Gen. George Patton III. After a few missions with the army, Stone finds that the general has plans to make himself dictator of a revived America. Craig Sargeant's series offers a chillingly realistic America after the ultimate disaster.

The radiation-crazed bikers and mutant wildlife are more than enough to keep Martin Stone and his loyal pit bull busy as they search for Stone's missing sister April. But now, Stone's been targeted by an even deadlier enemy—Scalzanni, a psychotic Mafia kingpin who's obsessed with making Stone pay for killing his brother.

Caught in a radioactive rain storm, Martin Stone finds that he has entered a valley of death—where two flipped-out, murderous gangs are locked in a bloody struggle for control of the people and the land.

An avalanche, a flood, wild warriors and dogs slow Martin Stone down a bit, but they cannot begin to compare with the hell he will face with a fanatical tribe of inhuman flesh eaters called The Hungry. All Stone has against them are his bare hands, his wits and his fiercely loyal pit bull.

A mad priest is spreading a gospel of Hell across America, and Martin Stone—America's last hope for justice and freedom in a lawless and battered land—has come to shut him down. His reason: the priest has kidnapped Stone's sister, and Stone will do anything to bring her to safety.

In this riveting climax to The Last Ranger series, Martin Stone may have finally met his match when the fate of the earth falls into the hands of madmen. Stone is forced to battle for his life against a death squad of human and inhuman killers to save both his sister and the entire world.