In the turbulent Oregon Territory, legendary scout Christopher Columbus Colt finds himself torn between service to General O. O. "One-Arm" Howard, commander of the U.S. Cavalry, and his feelings for the beleaguered Nez Perce.

Second in the acclaimed Chief of Scouts trilogy. As the Army launches its relentless campaign against the Nez Perce and Chief Joseph, Colt is torn between service to the stern General Howard and a beleaguered Indian nation on a desperate, thousand-mile trek to Canada in deepest winter.

Here's the first volume in the Colt family series featuring cavalry chief of scouts Christopher Columbus Colt. Chris has lost his wife and child to a Crow war party, and when we first encounter him, he's finishing up his revenge.

Later, while scouting for General Custer, Chris uncovers a scheme in which Custer and a group of businessmen are skimming profits and supplies from Indian reservations. As Custer marches off to his destiny at Little Big Horn, he has Chris jailed to ensure his silence. Colt gets out and makes it there, but is captured and held by friend Crazy Horse in the giant Lakota encampment so he cannot interfere and try to help Custer. Chris Colt, a white man, sadly witnesses the Battle of the Little Big Horn but can never speak of it.

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Saved from a band of murderers by a stranger known as Tora, Texas Ranger Justis Colt offers to help his rescuer when Tora's family is killed by vengeful outlaws and embarks on an adventure in the untamed West.

Texas Ranger Justis Colt must capture the infamous Girard Brothers. Along the way, he is helped by a Comanche warrior who dissects rattlesnakes, a Comanche woman aptly named Too-Pretty-Woman, and a young businessman by the name of Teddy Roosevelt.

Chris Colt, the legendary Chief of Scouts, confronts his ultimate challenge as he tracks a savage killer responsible for a series of mutilation murders near his Sangre de Cristo mountain ranch.

There are strange goings-on in the rugged mountains surrounding the Colt's Coyote Run ranch. People have begun disappearing without a trace, and Chris Colt and Man Killer decide to investigate. But what they don't expect is to find that the deadliest creature in these hills walks on two legs.

The exciting sequel to the cliff hanger, Matched Colts.

CROSSBOW was Don Bendell's first book ever, but many still say that it was his best, as it was written very much from the heart. It is the autorbiographical story of a young very gung ho Green Beret first lieutenant in 1968 and 1969 and his love affair with the Jeh tribe of Montagnards, a proud, family-oriented tribespeople in Vietnam's mountainous Central Highlands region, the action and intrigue of a horrific war, and the plight of the Montagnards who were racially-discriminated against by our allies in Saigon. Get wrapped up in all the inherent passion, horror, heartbreak, laughter, and tears with such a story. 

“Don Bendell has Hit the Mark with this fine book.”-------Billy Waugh, Sergeant Major US Army Special Forces (Ret) and acclaimed retired CIA master spy, and author of HUNTING THE JACKAL about his adventures tracking and capturing the infamous Carlos the Jackal.

"Don was outstanding in battle, and now he has been outstanding in writing a powerful modern-day military thriller dealing with the War on Terrorism.”   “. . . you must read this novel!" The Honorable Rudi Gresham, Special Forces retired, Presidential Appointee, and for many years aide to LTG Willam Yarborough, "Father of the Modern Green Berets."

“Don Bendell knows this stuff cold, and writes better action scenes than any man alive." --Jim Morris, author of WAR STORY and OPERATION DUMBO DROP.