The Adventures of Don Valiente and the Apache Canyon Kid

The West will never be the same . . . . New Mexico, 1922. The orphaned eighteen-year-old stablehand Rosalind Grundy is seduced by a married woman, and faces a lynching after the pair is surprised in flagrante delicto. But she manages to escape with the aid of a strange and aristocratic old man who calls himself Don Valiente. Don Valiente, having read too many dime westerns, has come to believe that he is a famous gunfighter. He thinks Roz is a young man named Ross, and he takes her under his wing, intending to teach her and to revive "The Code Of The Caballeros." Don Valiente and Roz embark on a series of comic adventures. But when they come upon a grisly murder scene and the trail of three escaped-convict killers, Roz realizes that her only chance to survive the imminent showdown and to reunite with her true love lies in her ability to separate Don Valiente's madness from the eternal truths in his teaching. "The western dime novel meets Don Quixote and goes digital in this mash-up of hair-raising tales. It's a bold and sexy chase from end to end." - Fred Stenson, author of The Trade, Lightning, and The Great Karoo