Linda Louise Rigsbee: 28 books

Mary Jo Spencer is a tree hugging environmentalist. She is an unabashed hillbilly who lives in the mountain wilderness of Arkansas with her parents and younger developmentally challenged brother. They have no telephone, plumbing or electricity and, while her father is away on a job with the only family...

In book 3 of the Mascot Trilogy, a Fontalo spaceship arrives at the planet of Purlieu and demands the return of all their mascots (humans genetically modified with animal genes.) Donte is a mascot, the Ruler of Bergen Colony, and the prophesied Anialwch Connection. According to the Prophesy, Donte...

Book 2 in the Mascot Series is a novel that can stand on its own but leaves the reader hungry for Book 3. Book 1 ended with Donte’s discovery that he was the chosen one in a prophesy. The colonists were prophesied to rise up against the mascots (humans genetically altered with animal genes.) Donte...

Donte is a mascot – a genetically modified human. He is the offspring of mascots designed by a group of scientists known to the inhabitants of Purlieu only as “The Parliament.” Mascots were programmed for leadership. They lived longer, were stronger and more intelligent than their human counterparts....

Being accepted for the Amelioration Expedition was the easy part. It only took twenty years of education and knowing the right people. Marlin Delaney had wanted to be part of colonizing another planet since she was a little girl. Everything was going according to plan…until she was raped. Then it...

According to Spaceship Lyra policy, wherever Donte goes, so does the Lyra and its crew. Consequently, the Lyra has embarked on one mission, only to be sent on another – and another. As Supreme Commander, Donte bears the responsibility of prioritizing missions, but life has a way of prioritizing...

Book 2 of the Spaceship Lyra Logs has some startling answers to old questions. Planet Arcane is where Fontalo began experiments combining humans and animal genes. The Sentinels are their first failure; the mascots their final success. Over sixty years ago, when something went wrong on Purlieu, Fontalo...

When miners start disappearing on colonized Planet Opus, General Richards takes his troops to investigate. He is certain he knows the cause, but each time he goes into the field, he loses two more men from the rear of his column. Planet Oriel asks for assistance from the Supreme Commander of the Lyra,...

Nineteen-year-old Zach Morton witnessed the killing of his parents and managed to kill all but one of the attackers. As a half-breed, he figured he wasn't going to get a fair trial in the town of Lava so he headed for the mountains, a posse hot on his trail. He arrived at the White Mountain Apache...

When their frontier cabin is attacked and burned by Shawnee Indians, Ralph and Rachel are separated. Rachel gives birth alone in a cave while Ralph fends off the attackers in their cabin. Rachel, thinking Ralph has been killed, sets out on a 25-mile trek through the wilderness to the nearest settlement,...

Evans has lived around the Apache all his life. His ranch borders Apache hunting grounds and they have a tentative unspoken agreement. He doesn’t hunt on their land and they are permitted an occasional beef to replace the buffalo white men have run off. Getting along with white men is a little more...

If the Triple B ranch is rustling cattle from the Double Spur, then why is the Triple B the only one losing Cattle? It makes no sense to Tom Grigsby, but the owner of the Double Spur is honest. Grigsby should know; the man raised him. On the other hand, the Double Spur has all new ranch hands and...

Revenge perpetuates. Young Luke Catlin wasn’t interested in revenge after his cousin was killed by Apache raiders. To him, Arizona Territory was an uncivilized furnace where everything had thorns and stingers. He planned on going back to Pennsylvania as soon as he could earn enough money for a ticket....

When his stagecoach is stopped by robbers and attacked by Indians, Long knows the occupants must depend on his ingenuity. He’s been riding shotgun for the stage line a long time and he’s never lost a stagecoach…yet. “Apache Pass” is one of ten stories in this collection of short western...