Ralph Cotton has 46 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 35 narrators, with an average listener rating of 1★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Between Hell and Texas.
Between Hell and Texas
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USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton spins a Western yarn about a young man coming to terms with his reputation as a gunslinger and his longing to live peacefully as a Texas rancher. Cray Dawson wants to head home and put his reputation as a shootist to rest. Trouble is, his home town has changed. There's a crooked new sheriff, and with an army of vicious outlaws riding shotgun as deputies, he has the town under his thumb-until Cray decides to make the most of his bad reputation.
©2004 Ralph Cotton (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC
Blood Lands
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USA Today best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Ralph Cotton tells an 1865 tale of a Kansas woman victimized by murderous marauders. As Julie Wilder races to greet her father, she sees his ashen face and fixed stare too late to escape the hooded nightriders who suddenly surround her. When bounty hunter Baines Meredith discovers her the next day - battered, bleeding, and barely alive - he covers her nakedness and gently cares for her. But can Baines help Julie develop the strength, courage, and skill she needs to administer her own brand of frontier justice?
©2006 Ralph Cotton (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC
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Devil's Due [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart thinks he has broken up the outlaw organization Los Pistoleros after he arrests its leader, J.T. Priest - the man who killed his father. But Priest escapes from jail and he's determined to rebuild his criminal empire. Only Quick Charlie Sims knows where Priest is headed. And Hart is none too sure he can trust the wily gambler, who has his own debt to settle with Los Pistoleros. Performed by Mort Shelby, Michael Glenn, Timothy Lynch, Barbara Pinolini, Patrick Bussink, Tim Carlin, Alyssa Wilmoth, Thomas Keegan, Jeff Allin, James Lewis, Lily Beacon, Gregory Gorton, Thomas Penny, Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, Joel David Santner, James Konicek, Alexander Strain, David Coyne, Michael John Casey, Johann Dettweiler, Scott Mccormick, Gary Telles, Daniel Sonntag, Drew Kopas, Nick DePinto, Tracy Olivera.
©2001 Ralph Cotton (P)2012 Graphic Audio, LLC
Ride to Hell's Gate
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Pulitzer Prize nominee and USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton has been hailed as "one of the best Western writers today" by Western Horseman. Lawrence "Fast Larry" Shaw was the quickest gun alive until his beloved Rosa died. Turning to the bottle for solace, he takes a job helping a widow tend her ranch. But when the Barrows Brothers Gang tears a bloody trail across his path, it's time for Fast Larry to find his steady hand and blast his way to justice.
©2008 Ralph Cotton (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
Scalpers
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Like father, like son. Arizona Territory Ranger Sam Burrack rides the border badlands to Iron Point hoping to capture Ozzie Cord, a mercenary who killed a sheriff back in Mesa Grande. Cord escaped jail once but won't get away this time.... But as Sam nears his prey, the trail of scalped bodies makes it clear that someone else has a vendetta. By all appearances, Turner "Big Foot" Pridemore, leader of the scalpers, has gained major footing in Iron Point. He's driven away the desert Apaches and ousted the law. But he's missing one thing: his son, Fox..... Not satisfied living in his father's shadow, Fox has allied himself with Ozzie Cord and is staging his own bloody rampage. Now Sam must walk a fine line between the law and the lawless to make sure he gets his man - and cuts Big Foot and his son down to size.
©2015 Ralph Cotton (P)2015 Recorded Books
Trouble Creek
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In Trouble Creek, hard-hearted Texas Ranger Sam Burrack returns to extinguish a brushfire of outlaw villainy. Dick Lowry and his gang are robbing banks and stages like it's a God-given right, and that chaps Sam something fierce. USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton's westerns are unmatched in their hair-trigger intensity and finely crafted Old West spectacle.
©2006 Ralph Cotton (P)2006 Record Books LLC
Showdown at Hole in the Wall
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Since the publication of his first novel in 1994, Ralph Cotton has impressed readers and critics alike with gritty tales of the Old West. Some time ago, Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack caught a bullet in the back. After a winter spent healing, he's now traveling to meet Memphis Beck, leader of the notorious Hole-in-the-Wall gang and the man who saved his life. But another player explodes on the scene - an assassin known as the Dutchman. And as these three men's destinies intertwine, it becomes clear at least one of them will not survive the encounter.
©2009 Ralph Cotton (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
Crossing Fire River
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USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton pens tales straight out of the grit-and-glory days of the Old West. In Crossing Fire River, Cotton introduces Lawrence “Fast Larry” Shaw, a quick-drawing gunslinger tormented by his past. Reeling from the death of his wife Rosa, Fast Larry turns to whiskey to drown his sorrows. But even with a drink in one hand, he’s still the fastest shot around. So when he becomes a target for a Mexican bounty hunter after killing two banditos, Fast Larry will have to protect himself the only way he knows how. Cotton’s first novel, While Angels Dance, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and his work remains a high-ace of Western fiction. Narrator James Jenner lends an authentic voice perfectly matched to Cotton’s prose.
©2009 Ralph Cotton (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC
Fighting Men
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In Fighting Men by Pulitzer Prize nominee Ralph Cotton, Civil War veteran and former schoolmaster Sherman Dahl rides the Southwest as a gun for hire. Known by both the lawful and the lawless as “The Teacher,” Dahl sells his services to those seeking justice - and is relentless in his pursuit of wanted men.
©2010 Ralph Cotton (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
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Blood Money [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart lost his father to ruthless J.T. Priest. Now Judge Isaac Parker sends Hart and his partner, Twojack Roth, to break up Priest's infamous gang and Hart is only too willing to fulfill his duty. With a fortune in the balance and a couple of sharp-eyed bounty hunters at his side, Hart sets out on a trail that will lead to a final showdown. Performed by Mort Shelby, David Coyne, Ken Jackson, Michael Glenn, Alyssa Wilmoth, Michael John Casey, Tim Getman, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Christopher Scheeren, Thomas Keegan, Steven Carpenter, James Konicek, Christopher Graybill, Terence Aselford, Gary Telles, Danny Gavigan, James Lewis, Johann Dettweiler, Joe Brack, Dylan Lynch, Scott McCormick, Evan Casey, Thomas Penny, Drew Kopas, Alexander Strain, Yasmin Tuazon, Nanette Savard, Gregory Gorton.
©2002 Ralph Cotton (P)2012 Graphic Audio, LLC
Golden Riders
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Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has something of a reputation for finishing what he sets out to do - usually with a shot from his Winchester. He'd been on the trail of five gunmen for days. Then there was four. And he doesn't plan on stopping until every member of the notorious Golden Riders is behind bars or underground. But when a few of the riders escape in a jailbreak, word gets back to gang leader Braxton Kane that his brother fell under the gun of a lawman. Now Burrack is both hunter and hunted, and if he doesn't live up to his reputation, he won't live very long.
©2014 Ralph Cotton (P)2016 Recorded Books
Gunman's Song
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Best-selling author Ralph Cotton is one of the finest Western novelists writing today. Gunman’s Song is a fast-paced adventure story that begins with tragedy and is propelled forward by the raw lust for revenge. Fast Larry Shaw is a deadly Old West gunman who has taken to the bottle as of late. When he is out drinking and carousing one night, a band of fiends raid his home, robbing and murdering his beloved family. Now Fast Larry is wholly consumed by one fiery impulse—kill them, kill them all.
©2004 Ralph Cotton (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC
Black Mesa
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Although Ella Lang is now known as Queen of the Outlaws, there was a day when she and Ranger Sam Burrack were deeply in love. Now they're on opposite sides of the law and Burrack is out to rid the West of Lang's motley gang of outlaws. Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Ralph Cotton is hailed for his rough and tumble Westerns full of historical details.
©2005 Allison McGhee (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC
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Powder River [Dramatized Adaptation]
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In 1868, as US Cavalry begins another romp toward manifest destiny in the heart of Indian land, the Sioux Nation is ripped apart by one tribe's angry death throes and another tribe's greed. Jeston Nash, Quiet Jack Smith, and a mysterious black man named Big Shod find themselves in the midst of Chief Red Cloud’s war. They come looking to sell some stolen horses to the cavalry and find themselves fighting against outlaws, warriors and the US government - not just for their lives, but for the chance to do what’s right. Performed by Dylan Lynch, Michael John Casey, Thomas Penny, Jeff Allin, Richard Rohan, Dave Jourdan, Thomas Keegan, Tony Nam, Regen Wilson, Michael Glenn, David Coyne, Tim Getman, Richard Cutting, KenYatta Rogers, Christopher Graybill, Steven Carpenter, Joe Brack, Scott McCormick, Alyssa Wilmoth, Tim Pabon, Danny Gavigan, Mark Halpern, Colleen Delany, Christopher Scheeren, Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Matthew McGee, Ken Jackson, Nathanial Perry, Deidra Starnes, Gary Telles, Nanette Savard, Mort Shelby.
©2011 Ralph Cotton (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC
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While Angels Dance [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin Jesse Woodson James of Clay County Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston meets his cousins, Jesse and Frank, and joins them to fight in Quantrill's guerilla forces. Later, after the war, he rides with the James-Younger gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone of the Free Kansas Militia - the man responsible for the death of his child. Performed by Dylan Lynch, Michael John Casey, Tim Carlin, Tracey Lynn Olivera, Eric Messner, David Coyne, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Danny Gavigan, Terence Aselford, David Jourdan, Yasmin Tuazon, Scott McCormick, Ken Jackson, Nick DePinto, Christopher Graybill, Alexander Strain, Mark Halpern, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Steven Carpenter, Tim Getman, Joe Brack, Jeff Allin, James Konicek, Matthew McGee, Michael Glenn, Tim Pabon, Evan Casey, Casie Platt, Richard Cutting, Nanette Savard, Mort Shelby.
©2011 Ralph Cotton (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC
Killing Plain
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In Killing Plain, Ralph Cotton displays the striking combination of gritty authenticity and lyrical beauty that has earned widespread critical acclaim. Lonzo Greer and his Black Moon gang are leaving a blood-soaked trail on the unforgiving desert sands of the Arizona Territory, and they've got a personal vendetta against ranger Sam Burrack. But, with the lethal precision of his bonehandled Colt, Sam's as formidable as any of the Black Moon boys, and he's got an equally deadly partner in ranger Hadley Jones.
©2005 Ralph Cotton (P)2005 Recorded Books
Killing Texas Bob
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USA Today best-selling author Ralph Cotton is hailed as "one of the best Western writers today" by Western Horseman. When Texas Bob Krey gets a hot hand in cards, his good luck sparks a gunfight. Once the smoke clears, two men are dead, including the brother of Judge Henry Bass. Now Texas Bob is an outlaw, and only Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has the firepower to save him.
©2007 Ralph Cotton (P)2008 Recorded Books
Payback at Big Silver
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From the USA Today best-selling author of Showdown at Gun Hill comes a tale of outlaws and order in the Old West. A Father's Fury Arizona Territory Ranger Sam Burrack knows all too well that criminals don't concern themselves with consequences. So it's no surprise to him when Big Silver's sheriff, Sheppard Stone, makes an enemy of wealthy cattle rancher Edsel Centrila, whose son thinks he's above the law. After Stone refuses a large payoff to let Centrila's son out of jail, Centrila throws all of his money into buying up Big Silver, putting gunmen on every corner, aiming right at the sheriff's office. As Burrack traverses the Badlands, he becomes a target because of his association with Stone. Now he must head back to Big Silver to help watch Stone's back. But it won't be easy. Centrila won't stop until his son is free, and Burrack won't stop until justice is served....
©2015 Ralph Cotton (P)2015 Recorded Books
Fast Guns Out of Texas
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The Western tradition of Ralph Cotton lives on in Fast Guns Out of Texas. After Cray Dawson sets out to stake his claim in Black’s Cut, Montana, he learns his old friend Fast Larry Shaw faked his death to escape his notoriety as a gunfighter. But as Dawson soon discovers, his own prowess with a six-shooter could come back to haunt him as well.
©2007 Ralph Cotton (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC
Escape from Fire River
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Ralph Cotton casts a long shadow as one of the finest practitioners of Western fiction to ever set pen to paper. Burnished with the unmistakable character of the Old West, Escape from Fire River showcases Cotton at the height of his form. There’s not a man alive who can outdraw Lawrence Shaw, but that doesn’t mean he’s invulnerable. Garris “The Cat” Cantro and his band of miscreants are hellbent on securing a fortune in gold—a gleaming prize that just happens to be under the protection of Shaw’s deadly pistols.
©2009 Ralph Cotton (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC