The Trail to Seven Pines: A Novel

While investigating the shooting death of Jesse Lock, Hopalong hires himself out as a foreman for the Rocking R Ranch and teaches a pack of rustlers new respect for the law.

Hopalong rides into a firestorm of violence andbetrayal. On the rain-drenched trail to thelawless town of Seven Pines, Hopalong discovers two men-one dead, the other badly wounded. Returningwith medical help, Hopalong finds the wounded manhas been shot through the temple. Who wouldcommit such a murder? To find out, Hopalong hires onat Bob Ronson's Rocking R Ranch. There he learnsthat more than a thousand cattle have been run offby men keeping one scheming eye on the ranch andthe other on the monthly stagecoach shipments ofgold. Hopalong is determined to stop thoseresponsible. But even the best gunfighter needs men hecan trust to watch his back, men willing to risktheir lives to do what's right. With their help,Hopalong fights to save the Rocking R, only tofind himself the target of a ruthless gunman in a life-and-death struggle for frontier justice.