
Frank Leslie
7 SeriesFrank Leslie is the pen name of Peter Brandvold, an American author known for his western novels, including the Yakima Henry and The Revenger series. Raised in small towns in North Dakota, he attended the University of North Dakota and the University of Arizona. His passion for westerns in literature, film, and television inspired him to write his own works in the genre.
In "The Bells of El Diablo," Confederate Lieutenant James Dunn, a young and fierce fighter, experiences the true horrors of war during a guerilla mission in the north Georgia mountains. After witnessing a brutal act on a night-cloaked bridge, Dunn loses his taste for bloodshed and goes AWOL, joined by Crosseye Reeves, a former sharecropper who has also had enough of war. Together, they flee to Denver, where a tale of treasure in Mexico offers them a new destination and a chance at a new life.