The gun runners
By: Paul Green
Series: Black horse western; Black horse western
Publisher: Robert Hale; The Crowood Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780709097662
Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Fiction; History
Description: The Civil War over, Captain Sam Curtis just wants to return home, but instead finds himself embroiled in a covert operation to smuggle weapons to Mexican rebels, fighting to rid themselves of Emperor Maximilian I and the French forces who have invaded their country. Betrayed and left for dead, by the ex-Confederate, Henry Fontaine, he faces many obstacles in his quest to recover the weapons and complete his mission. Aided by Sergeant Ben Boyd and the fiery Consuela Martinez, he battles bandits, the French Army and royalist guerrillas, commanded by the ruthless Colonel Dupin, before facing his enemies in a final showdown at the rebel held town of Tacambaro.