A ranch under siege. A woman holding on with sheer determination. A drifter with a past he wants to forget. Roddy Rodriguez wasn’t looking for trouble—he just wanted a warm meal and a place to rest. But as soon as he rode onto the Slash B Ranch, he could tell trouble was already there, waiting. Lainey Blake is doing everything she can to hold on to the land her family built, but she’s outmatched, outmanned, and running out of time. Cannon’s hired guns circle the ranch like wolves, and with the cattle drive coming up fast, everyone knows the first shot could turn the open range into a battlefield. On the frontier, justice is paid for with dust, sweat, and blood. In Siege at the Slash B, Roddy Rodriguez must decide where he stands—and who he stands with—before the bullets start flying. Praise For R.K. Olson: "Siege at the Slash B, by R.K. Olson, is a masterpiece of the Old West, written with a master’s hand. It authentically details the harsh ranch life of New Mexico after the turmoil of the Civil War. The West was raw, rugged, untamed land, where the only real law was that of the gun. Olson brings the story to life with characters as tough and lawless as the land itself. Lainey Blake, a daughter trying to save the ranch her late father left her, and Ryan “Roddy” Rodriguez, the saddle tramp that served under her father during the war. Cannon, the greedy owner of a neighboring ranch; McNalley, the crooked banker; Dawson and Little Ned, hired guns. They all come together to make this a story you will not want to put down. I couldn’t. I read it through, stopping only for a few hours of sleep. This is truly a story you do not want to miss." - Lane R. Warenski, author of the bestselling Frontier Scout Series "R. K. Olson has penned a fine first novel, Siege at the Slash B, and introduced a new western hero—or anti-hero, depending on your point of view. Roddy Rodriguez is a drifter who throws in with a small ranch as its owners face off against a rival rancher who has hired a crew of professional gunslingers to help him in his goal of taking over the small place. ‘Siege’ has everything you look for in a good western adventure, and a main character cut from the same cloth as the heroes many of us grew up with, but with a slightly different touch. Roddy is not exactly your white-hat hero, but he is, nonetheless, a man with an iron-clad code, who you can trust to keep his word, even though his methods might be a bit unorthodox. A good read from start to finish, and a sign of good things to come from this author." - Charles Ray, author of the bestselling Caleb Johnson Mountain Man series