David Robbins: 87 books

Aging Yochi Benish, an outspoken liberal and retired history professor, and his artist wife, Verna, have harbored a secret that has long haunted their marriage. Late in life, this secret surfaces with the reappearance of Bernard, an enigmatic childhood friend with a collection of aliases.Bernard’s...

Set against the southern African canvas of war and upheaval, On the Bridge of Goodbye tells the story of the famous San (Bushman) soldiers who fought first for the Portuguese in Angola, and then for South Africa from bases in northern Namibia. When South Africa withdrew from Namibia, many of these...

In April 1994, amid international acclaim, South Africa stepped back from the slough of endemic political violence and danced its first bold dance with constitutional democracy. After the Dance sets out to capture some of the flavour of what has happened since. David Robbins ranges widely across the...

In this western in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series, evil is as evil does... If things are quiet in the little town of Sweetwater, Marshal Fred Hitch sees no reason to make waves. But when Tyree Johnson shows up, Fred’s relaxed nature is put to the test. At fifteen years old,...

Double the adventure! For settlers such as Nate King and his family, life in the American wilderness is fraught with danger. One new enemy could cause them untold pain; one small mistake could bring them excruciating death. Facing warring Indians; cutthroat renegades; ferocious grizzlies or man-eating mountain lions; killers and thieves, King fights for his own life and that of his family.

In this Ralph Compton western, a feud between friends turns deadly... For over a generation, the Circle T ranch and the D/P ranch have existed in harmony on the prime grazing land of the Sweet Grass Valley. Separated by the Rio Largo river, both ranches have managed to prosper—mostly due...

Welcome to Nowhere in this Ralph Compton western... It’s a small town that sits on the border of Texas and the Oklahoma territory. It’s a haven for cutthroats and thieves on the run and looking to raise some hell. It’s a hideaway where outlaws believe the law has no jurisdiction—and...

There’s trouble on the trail drive in this Ralph Compton western... Chancy Gantry and Ollie Teal are honest cowpunchers, riding herd on fifteen hundred longhorns from Texas to Kansas. Their trail boss, Lucas Stout, is tough but fair. He’s never lost a hand on a drive and doesn’t aim to...

A family man takes a deadly drive in this Ralph Compton western... Owen Burnett’s needs are small. All he’s ever wanted is his wife’s affection, his children’s health, and a little plot of land which he can farm. Still, he’s no fool. So when his neighbor Gareth Kurst makes him a business...

When his brother goes missing, a cowboy rides straight into danger in this Ralph Compton western... The life of a cowboy suits Thalis Christie just fine. A puncher for the Crescent H in Texas, he loves what he does and is damn good at it too. He doesn’t even mind being away from his family—he’s...

Sibling rivalry turns deadly in this Ralph Compton western... Boone and Eppley Scott are the sons of a prosperous Arizona rancher. Despite Boone’s talent for handling a six-shooter, he is content to raise cattle for the rest of his days. Eppley is another story. Dangerously dissatisfied,...

Clay Taggart ran a palm over his right shoulder and wished he was able to understand the Apache. For all he knew they might be discussing how to dispose of him. The pair by the spring hadn’t stopped glaring at him from the moment he’d seen them. He suspected that if he turned his back on them...

Taggart was an outcast hated by his enemies and feared by all others. Now the twelve S.O.B.s who has left him swinging from a rope were the only reason he had for living. Together with his renegade warriors, he’d have his revenge. One by one, he’d hunt the yellow-bellies down. One by one, he’d...

After a band of bushwhackers tried to string him up, it seemed that everyone in the Arizona Territory was out for Clay Taggart’s scalp. Taggart could handle the wealthy S.O.B. who paid to see him swing and the ruthless backshooters he hired; he could even dodge the bluecoats who were ordered to...