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    The Divided Prey
    The Divided Prey
    The Divided Prey
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    The Divided Prey

    By Troy D. Smith

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    A posse of five men capture a bank robber in the wilds of the Apache Mountains. A Texas Ranger, Jake Blackwell, rides with them, staying to prevent a lynching.
    Then their horses are stolen and death visits the camp. The Indians are supposed to be on the reservation. But are the legends of the Apache Mountains true? Will any of them survive?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestern Trail Blazer
    Release dateJan 11, 2011
    ISBN9781458077714
    The Divided Prey
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    Troy D. Smith

    Born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee, Mr. Smith has loved books even before he could read them. In 1995 his first short story was accepted by Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he has been published in magazines since then on a fairly regular basis. Author of numerous award winning short stories and novels, Troy is currently a Doctoral candidate in the History Department at the University of Illinois. He says, "I don't write about things that happen to people—I write about people that things happen to."

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      The Divided Prey - Troy D. Smith

      The Divided Prey

      by

      Troy D. Smith

      Smashwords Edition

      The Divided Prey

      Presented by Western Trail Blazer

      Copyright © 2011 by Troy D. Smith

      Cover Art Copyright © 2011 by Jessica Pierson

      Produced by Rebecca J. Vickery

      Design Consultant - Laura Shinn

      Originally published in The Shootist, May 2000

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      This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with other people, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you are reading this ebook without purchasing it and it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The Divided Prey is a work of fiction.

      Though some actual towns, cities, and locations may be mentioned, they are used in a fictitious manner and the events and occurrences were invented in the mind and imagination of the author. Similarities of characters or names used within to any

      person past, present, or future are coincidental.

      Other stories available from Troy D. Smith and

      Western Trail Blazer:

      The Windigo

      The People in Yonder

      Brothers in Arms

      The Blackwell Claim

      Blackwell’s Stand

      Riding to Sundown

      Bound for the Promise-Land

      The Divided Prey

      by

      Troy D. Smith

      Chapter One

      The posse finally caught up with Vin Arthur in the Apache Mountains, just south of Cottonwood Draw. Not much of a posse, it was only five men. The sheriff and three of the others were from the little border town whose bank Arthur had robbed.

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