Ralph Compton has 78 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 73 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.9★ across 165 ratings. The most-rated is The Case for Christ, Revised & Updated.
Ralph Compton Straight to the Noose
Summary
Keep your head above water. Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn't exactly been going Mason's way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley's willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back - even threaten Mason's life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all the funds to pay off his debt by completing whatever ominous jobs Greeley has waiting for him. He just has to make it through alive....
©2015 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2018 Recorded Books
Never Bet Against the Bullet
Summary
In this thrilling new Ralph Compton Western, the fate of a small town rests in the hands of a gambler who’s ready to risk more than money. The people of Meridian, Colorado, live and die by coal mining, and when the railroad bypasses them, their livelihood is in peril. However, they discover that for a hefty sum of money they can create a spur line and save the town. A hefty sum the town does not have. Their only hope is former gambler Asa Newcombe. The townspeople pool their money so Newcombe can enter the big poker game in Golden Junction, and as much as he wants to leave his past life behind, the whole town is counting on him. Winning the big pot will burnish his reputation, but his goal is simple: Get the money and get out alive. His opponents include wealthy ranchers, tinhorn gamblers, and men who are outright criminals - and many of them will stop at nothing to make their fortune, even if they have to cheat, drug, or kill to do so....
©2020 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2020 Recorded Books
The Ghost of Apache Creek
Summary
The only folk left behind in Apache Creek are ghosts, including Marshall Sam Pace. Three years of solitude have turned Sam into a phantom, but when a woman on the run stumbles into town, the former lawman must protect her and make use of gunslinger skills long out of practice...
©2011 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2014 Recorded Books
The Dangerous Land
Summary
Time is running out Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry about - especially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, he's settled where he is and resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter call home. So when his daughter is hit by a seemingly poisoned arrow during an Indian raid, Paul is determined to track down the Comanche villains who hurt his little girl - and bring them to justice with the help of Indian hunter Hank Adley, a hired gun who's got business of his own with the tribe. But when the trail leads from a close call with Indian warriors to a deadly intrigue, Paul discovers that the dangers of the West are far greater and more varied than he ever imagined. And to save his family, he has no choice but to take a stand against them all....
©2014 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2017 Recorded Books
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Train To Durango [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
The Border Empire trilogy concludes, as Wes Stone’s quest for revenge leads him to destroy the plot by the Golden Dragon gang to endanger US currency by switching counterfeit coins for real ones within the walls of four different mints in the southwest. Battling long odds and high stakes, Stone and his friends El Lobo and Byron Silver must solve a double kidnapping, face a mercenary army of renegades from the Sandlin gang who are assembling in Durango, and avoid the many young hotheads who seek to add to their own reputations by challenging Wes’s skill with a gun. Performed by Terence Aselford, Joel David Santner, David Coyne, Thomas Keegan, Michael John Casey, Eva Wilhelm, Christopher Graybill, Alyssa Wilmoth, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Eric Messner, Richard Rohan, Jonathan Watkins, Michael Glenn, Tim Getman, Tim Carlin, Jeff Allin, Christopher Scheeren, Ken Jackson, Joe Brack, Evan Casey, Scott McCormick, Lily Beacon, James Lewis, Bradley Smith, Danny Gavigan, Tim Pabon, David Jourdan, Drew Kopas, Yasmin Tuazon, Dylan Lynch, Gary Telles, David Harris, Mark Halpern, James Konicek, Nanette Savard, Mort Shelby.
©1998 Ralph Compton (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC
Tenderfoot Trail
Summary
Framed for murder and pursued by bloodthirsty killers, Luke Garrett's landed himself in a real fix this time. Popular Western author Joseph A. West continues the great Ralph Compton's Trail Driver series with The Tenderfoot Trail.
©2006 Ralph Compton (P)2007 Recorded Books
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The Dawn of Fury (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Nathan Stone returns to his Virginia home to discover that the horrors of the Civil War are not over; his family has been wiped out, and their home burned by seven renegades. Nathan swears an oath on his father’s grave to find and kill each of the men responsible. He begins a lonely journey that will take him south and west, on a vengeance trail that crosses the paths of some infamous figures, including “Wild Bill” Hickok, Roy Bean, and Frank and Jesse James. Along the way, Nathan Stone becomes one of the greatest gunslingers of the time, handing out bloody justice to the men who took his family. Performed by Terence Aselford, Danny Gavigan, Yasmin Tuazon, David Coyne, Elizabeth Jernigan, Dylan Lynch, Ken Jackson, Nanette Savard, Thomas Keegan, Michael Glenn, Christopher Graybill, Richard Rohan, James Konicek, Faith Potts, Lily Beacon, Daniel Stevens, Casie Platt, Karen Novack, Joe Brack, Scott McCormick, Tim Carlin, Drew Kopas, Joseph Thornhill, Jeff Allin, Michael John Casey, Christopher Scheeren, James Lewis, Mort Shelby.
©1995 Ralph Compton (P)2011 Graphic Audio, LLC
One Man's Fire
Summary
Eli had always led the life of an outlaw. Cutting corners and breaking the law, he knows how to get away with pretty much anything - until he's caught red handed attempting to rob a wagon set out as a trap. Imprisoned and alone, Eli is unsure whether the members of his gang have made it out alive, or if the men behind the disguised wagon are after his life. But he is sure about Lyssa - the beauty who selflessly takes care of him in prison. As Eli struggles to reform his law breaking ways, he is forced to come into terms with the man he has become and who he wants to be.
©2012 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2015 Recorded Books
A Wolf in the Fold
Summary
In West Texas, Lucius Stark is regarded as a no-good killer with nothing to say in his favor. But when Stark goes tender for a woman he's hired to kill, he's shot in the back and left with a burning desire for revenge. The Ralph Compton series of USA Today best-selling Westerns has garnered a well-earned reputation for hard-hitting tales filled with thundering hooves and explosions of gunfire.
©2007 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2008 Recorded Books
Ralph Compton Ride for Justice
Summary
When an ex-lawman is released from prison, he hopes to put his past behind him; but that might not be an easy task in this fast-paced new entry in best seller Ralph Compton's Gunfighter series. Matt Wheeler was a legend in the West. His fast gun and dedication to justice made him a sought-after lawman for hire, but all of that promise vanished one sunny day when his wife was shot down in cold blood by a heartless bank robber. The thirst for vengeance sent Wheeler on a quest to find the killer. For taking the law into his own hands, the former lawman was convicted and sent to prison. Seven and a half years have passed, and Wheeler has completed his sentence. One question remains: Will he ride for vengeance or for justice?
©2020 Ralph Compton and Robert J. Randisi (P)2020 Recorded Books
Straight Shooter
Summary
Good Money and Bad Men Outlaw Wes Cavanaugh knows that crime doesn't always pay - at least not much. That's why he and his partner, Mose, are willing to pay Jimmy Stock for information on a job that's guaranteed to pay off big. Jimmy's made a career of selling tips to bandits, but the job he sells Wes - a payroll train about to leave Omaha - requires more than information. It requires a straight shooter who can hit targets from a long distance away, and in the outlaw business even a straight shooter can't be trusted.
©2013 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2015 Recorded Books
The Shadow of a Noose
Summary
In this Ralph Compton Western, the Strange twins find themselves in double trouble.... Young Jed and Tim Strange lost their father to an outlaw's bullet, and now, their mother has succumbed to a fatal illness. Unable to farm their land due to a lack of funds, the twins set out to find their sister - who left home to avenge their father's death more than a year ago. Farm life hasn't prepared the twins for the rough-and-tumble cow towns west of Missouri. Before they even begin their search, they're accused of a murder they didn't commit. Just barely escaping a posse's rope, the twins are on the run - wounded, hounded by the law, and desperately seeking the true killers....
©2000 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2018 Recorded Books
The California Trail
Summary
An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the Great Frontier. Across the Pecos, the Rio Colorado, and La Panza mountains, the Texans and their longhorns kept charging - all the way to California gold! Between the Bandera Range and California, they faced all the challenges of man and God, but nothing could ever make them quit. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn, and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives. Gold fever had hit California, and suddenly, the land was full of hungry pioneers. For Gil and Van Austin, two Texas brothers, it meant the chance to sell well-grazed longhorns after years of hard ranching and a treacherous cattle drive up through Mexico. The only trouble was that California was on the other side of a searing desert, swollen rivers, a barrage of Indian attacks, and a whole passel of outlaw trouble. And while the Texans and their men were ready and willing to take it all on, there was one thing they weren't prepared for: the ultimate act of treachery and deceit in a land of schemers, dreamers, and gold!
©2011 Macmillan Audio (P)1994 Ralph Compton
Vigilante Dawn
Summary
When young Jarret Pekoe aims to bring a band of violent border-jumpers to justice, his sister hires rifleman Lem Beauchamp to scare some sense into him. But when trouble arrives, they must work together to defeat the outlaws once and for all. Jarrett Pekoe cares about two things: his ranch and his family. So when rustlers kill his kin and burn his land to the ground, Jarrett won't rest until the men responsible have their necks caught in the hangman's rope.
©2014 The Estate of Raph Compton (P)2017 Recorded Books
The Evil Men Do
Summary
A western in the USA Today best-selling series Evil Is as Evil Does If things are quiet in the little town of Sweetwater, Marshal Fred Hitch sees no reason to make waves. But when Tyree Johnson shows up, Fred's relaxed nature is put to the test. At 15 years old, Tyree is a tough-as-nails bounty hunter with no patience for anyone calling him "boy." He's come to apprehend a killer who escaped from Cheyenne and has been hiding in plain sight in Sweetwater. To save face and his town's good name, Fred must ride with Tyree and his prisoner all the way to Cheyenne. The unlikely pair has a rough trail ahead of them, and as tough as Tyree is, he has some lessons to learn about the evil men do - and how to survive it.
©2015 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2018 Recorded Books
The Convict Trail
Summary
In the grand tradition of legendary author Ralph Compton comes this tense, thrill-a-minute Western. Deputy Marshal Logan Kane is in for one tough ride. He’s got six ruthless convicts caged in a prison wagon, and it’s his job alone to transport them safely across treacherous, unforgiving terrain. Holding off rustlers, outlaw gangs, lynch mobs, and the criminals’ free-riding cohorts will keep Kane—and his trusty Colt—plenty busy.
©2008 Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
Bluff City
Summary
David Robbins continues the proud tradition of Ralph Compton's Western novels with enough hardscrabble heroes, blazing gun fights, and twisted villains to fill a corral. Bluff City is a booming silver mining town full of pigeons to pluck. When two of its wealthiest citizens devise plans to rob their neighbors legally and illegally, only Clay Adams stands in their way.
©2007 The Estate of Ralph Compton (P)2008 Recorded Books,LLC
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The Border Empire [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Nathan Stone, The Gunfighter, lies dead in the street, a victim of the ruthless Sandlin gang. Behind him he leaves his guns and the son he had hardly known - a former lawman named Wes is about to teach these killers just what it means to be his father's son. Swearing vengeance, he takes up his father’s guns. But little does he know that the odds are even more against him than he thinks - and that to get revenge for a dead man, he might have to die himself. Performed by Terence Aselford, Joel David Santner, Thomas Keegan, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Eva Wilhelm, Nora Achrati, Tim Carlin, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Joe Brack, David Coyne, Tim Getman, Michael Glenn, James Lewis, Christopher Scheeren, Scott McCormick, Ken Jackson, Tim Pabon, Dylan Lynch, Christopher Graybill, Evan Casey, Tony Nam, Gary Telles, James Konicek, Richard Rohan, Bradley Smith, Jeff Allin, Eric Messner, Nick DePinto, Michael John Casey, Regen Wilson, Elizabeth Jernigan, David Jourdan, Colleen Delany, Alyssa Wilmoth, Nanette Savard, Mort Shelby.
©1997 Ralph Compton (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC
The Dodge City Trail
Summary
For a brave band of Texas pioneers, new enemies awaited on the thundering trail. But old enemies were the deadliest of all. The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-making trail drives. Dodge City was a businessman's dream. And a cattle drive north-with thousands of unbranded longhorns and a remuda of stolen Mexican horses-was a dream of Texans like Dan Ember, who'd come home from the war to find a rich man's hired guns living on his land. Now Dan and his neighbors would risk everything on a drive across the Llano. Along the way, two bands of killers would fight over them, the gunslinger Clay Allison would join up with them, and Quanah Parker's Comanches would try to thwart them-in a bold adventure fueled by the courage to face death, the pride to keep going, and the knowledge that now, there was no turning back.
©1995 Ralph Compton (P)2011 Macmillan Audio
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Six Guns and Double Eagles [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Wes Stone was once a lawman. Then the Sandlin Gang shot down his father, known as The Gunfighter. Swearing vengeance, he takes up his father's guns. But little does he know that the odds are even more against him than he thinks - and that to get revenge for a dead man, he might have to die himself... Performed by Terence Aselford, Joel David Santner, Thomas Keegan, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Christopher Graybill, Michael John Casey, Drew Kopas, David Jourdan, Bradley Smith, Tim Pabon, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Jeff Allin, Tim Carlin, Tim Getman, Danny Gavigan, Christopher Scheeren, Richard Rohan, Nick DePinto, James Lewis, Eric Messner, Evan Casey, Nora Achrati, Ken Jackson, Scott McCormick, Gary Telles, Yasmin Tuazon, Joe Brack, Michael Glenn, Tracey Lynn Olivera, James Konicek, Jonathan Watkins, Lily Beacon, Alyssa Wilmoth, Nanette Savard, Mort Shelby.
©1998 Ralph Compton (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC