Terry Compton: 47 books

Andy was just trying to survive in a terrible economy. When his brother-in-law came up with the idea to incorporate their village, how did he know it would soon involve the EPA, the Forest Service and the Governor? Yeah, there was a lot of money involved, but was it really worth going to jail? As Mayor, he just wanted to stop the smoke and go back to obscurity.

Winifred, a small village in the middle of nowhere that no one knew about until one man's dream came to town.Spaceships, astronauts and a big building program have a way of bringing the unknown to the center of the world's attention.Rob Cantrell's dream could be the salvation of mankind or the destruction of Winifred.

Sometimes being fourteen sucks. Cheyenne Wilson held a highly coveted invitation from the new boy in school in her hand, but the time and the circumstances would bring a big no-no from her Dad. Then fate stepped in to hand her a much more exciting Halloween night – almost too exciting for her fourteen year old heart.

Trust. Joyce McCloud has reason not to trust her own judgment or men. Look at the losers she's hooked up with in the past. She has the bruises and broken bones to prove it. The last loser, who was so polished in public, politically and powerfully connected, seemed so wonderful – until he tried to...

Janie loved her flowers and garden. It was her stress relief and source of sweet smells and good food. When flowers started disappearing and her vegetables were threatened, she took action. The culprits didn't like that and they plotted revenge. They got it but not exactly as planned.

Ol’ Man Wickleberry is a man of legend – or is he a legend of a man? With a scruffy beard and a dislike for humanity, how long has it been since he met his demise, and what is he doing in his ghostly afterlife? The stories may differ, but all of them are true. We swear. So if you’re ever wandering...

Book 5 in the Alcantaran Series What nerve. Earth had been blockaded by warships from Uyoki and almost invaded by the Bugs, the Hanami Federation and pirates. Ron, Gus, Tik and their families with a little help from the Dar Es Salaam Traders had defeated all of them and then spent a month rescuing...

Star traders Ron Calvin, Tik Michi and Gus Ghaolh came to Fen Avholog to attend a wedding and make a few relaxing, profitable trades. Then the Nodac- Liujians and Hanami Federation enemies arrived. Ancient Alcantaran secrets, old enemies and a new danger threaten to overwhelm the space traders. Can they unwind these secrets and nullify their enemies before their lives are forfeited?

Star traders Steflora, Jessie Lavin and Xator Ghaolh are finally on their own in their own spaceship. Four different planets and so far they've made few trades. Then Jessie meets an alien with something to trade. Before she can finish the deal, the man winds up dead. As the main suspect, she now has...

Volume 4 in the Alcantaran series. Elevin Shi was tasked with an impossible job. He had to find some answers on a distant backward planet but there was trouble in the Charter Alliance Intelligence Service. He couldn't even get a decent briefing. He had to turn to his personal network of spies...

Zendo wanted to be out in the countryside trading. He needed to make money so he could marry Illy and also he had a debt to the star traders. The Sultan interrupted his plans when the troops messed with Zendo's customers and came after him. It was time to put a stop to this nonsense. But how could...

Sim Sulawesi stared at the approaching threat. His anthropologic knowledge could help solve this age old mystery, but time didn't appear to be on his side.Ron, Gus and Tik heard the cry for help and rushed across space to the planet of Jalan. Old enemies, already there, made them take another...

John just wanted to be a cowboy on his buddy's ranch and go on a cattle drive. When the terrible winter of 1886 hit and Road Trotters from No Man's Land threatened the ranch, John's skill with a gun was called into action again. Now he was forced to make a cattle drive to save the ranch. A gun might not be enough to get the cattle back home though. He might need more than a little luck.

Lucky Dawson came to the conclusion that his life as a gambler wouldn't last. When he won a mine and ranch with water rights, he thought he had started a new life as a gentleman rancher. Then a beautiful red-head, a crooked railroad man, desperate ranchers and rustlers complicated his life. Could he use his guns and wits to keep alive to enjoy that ranch? Book 2 in the Lucky Dawson series.