In this action-packed Western from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, mountain man Smoke Jensen sets his sharpshooting sights on an unhinged outlaw whoâs carved out his own kingdom
in the Westâand declared war on the United States âŚ
Johnstone Country. Come visit.
He calls himself The King. Once a respected professor, he was ruined by scandal. Now, he rules his own âcountryââan area of Western territory where an army of outlaws enforce his laws. Any town he claims as his own must pay âtaxes,â
collected from bank, stagecoach, and train robberies. When he learns that President Rutherford B. Hayes and General William Tecumseh Sherman are venturing into the far West on a tour of the nation, The King devises a plan to kidnap Americaâs leaders and expand his empire.
But The King didnât reckon that Smoke Jensen had already staked his claim on the frontier. Traveling with the presidentâs entourage, the mountain man is not about to let this bloodthirsty, evil tyrant endanger his commander-in-chief and threaten American liberty âŚ