The Searchers

Hawk saved the Quaker wagon train from a foul fur trader named Bannister and the savage Blackfoot band that Bannister armed and egged on. Hawk even taught the peaceful Quaker men to fight to get back their women and children. But he couldn't stop Bannister from heading across the Rockies with a beautiful young woman worth her weight in gold in the Frisco white slave market.Hawk and his Nez Percé ally Tames Horses had to make it through the mountains in time to stop that sale  and love-hungry women, bloodthirsty braves, and bushwhacking whites weren't stopping them from reaching the finish line and a death trap hair-triggered to kill … William Cecil Knott was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 7 1927. Following a stint in the US Air Force, he became a junior high school teacher and went on to continue his academic career in Connecticut, West Virginia, New Jersey and New York. Between 1967 and 1983, Knott was Assistant Professor (later Associate Professor) of English at the State University of New York. In his free time, he also carved out an impressive body of fiction, most of it in the western field. In addition to creating his own series, The Vengeance Seeker and Golden Hawk, he also contributed to the Stagecoach Station series (as Hank Mitchum), Slocum (as Jake Logan), Longarm (as Tabor Evans) and The Trailsman (as Jon Sharpe). Under the names Bill Knott and Bill Carol he wrote several children's books, and also contributed to the WWII adventure series Mac Wingate, which is also being republished by Piccadilly Publishing.Mr. Knott passed away in 2008. A quiet stream under the Comanche moon ... leaping savages ... knives flashing in the firelight ... brutal, shameful death ...Ripped from the bosom of their slain parents and carried off by the raiding Comanches, Jed Thompson and his sister can never forget that hellish night under the glare of the Comanche moon, seared into their memories forever. Years later, Golden Hawk now, his vengeance slaked, Jed is pursued relentlessly by his past Comanche brothers and driven by only one purpose: to recapture his sister from those who would bend her proud beauty to their savage will.Golden Hawk. Half Comanche, half white man. A legend in his time, an awesome nemesis to some - a bulwark and a refuge to any man or woman lost in the terror of that raw, savage land.AN ADULT WESTERN