Desert Hawks

The year was 1846, and the great American Southwest was the prize in an epic conflict. The US Army and the army of Mexico met in a battle that would shape the course of history, while the legendary Apache warrior chief Mangas Coloradas looked on, determined to defend his ancestral lands and age-old tribal traditions against either of the invaders or both. On this bloody battlefield young Lieutenant Nathanial Barrington faced his first great test of manhood as he began a career that would take him to the heart of the conflict sweeping over the West from Texas to New Mexico, and plunge him into passions that would force him to choose between two very different frontier beauties. This enthralling first novel of The Apache Wars Saga captures the drama and real history of a struggle in which no side wanted to surrender-in a series alive with all the excitement and adventures of brave men and women, white and Native American, who decided the future of America. Originally published under the pen name Frank Burleson Len Levinson served on active duty in the US Army from 1954 to 1957 and graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in social science. He relocated to New York that year and worked as an advertising copywriter and public relations executive before becoming a full-time novelist. He created and wrote a number of series, including the Apache Wars Saga, the Pecos Kid, and the Rat Bastards. He has more than eighty published titles to his credit. After many years in New York, he moved to a small town in rural Illinois surrounded by corn and soybean fields, a peaceful, ideal location for a writer.