
Ralph Compton
10 SeriesRalph Compton (1934-1998) was an American author known for his western novels, including the Trail Drive and Sundown Riders series. Before his writing career, he worked as a musician, songwriter, radio announcer, and newspaper columnist. After his death, his name became a house name used by Signet for novels written by various authors.
In "The Dawn of Fury" by Ralph Compton, the first book in the Trail of the Gunfighter series, Nathan Stone returns home to Virginia after the Civil War to discover his family has been murdered. Driven by grief and rage, he vows to hunt down and exact revenge on the seven men responsible for the killings.