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Death Dragon (#20

Wed, 04 Mar 1981 09:20:46 +0300

Is it destiny or chance that brings Cuchillo Oro into the desert to interrupt a gruesome scene of blood and death?
The proud Apache of the famous golden knife is drawn into a deadly conflict surrounding a mystical Oriental woman, Water Lily, who possesses a disquieting blend of irresistible physical attraction and awesome spiritual power.
Her story is a strange one, threaded with brutality and teeming with bizarre ritual, and once again Cuchillo is fighting in a world where fear and terror are a way of life, where death will strike whoever moves last ...

Blood Brother (An Apache / Cuchillo Oro Western #17)

Wed, 26 Nov 1980 09:00:10 +0300

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Somewhere out in the mixture of desert and rock that lies under the heat of the sun is an Indian who claims Cuchillo Oro's identity. An Apache who calls himself by the same name and who has a knife exactly like Cuchillo's own. ...
Enraged, Cuchillo sets out on an endless search for the man pretending to be his blood brother ... a vicious murderer and defiler of innocent women ... a savage impersonator whom the "white eyes" believe is the real Golden Knife.

All Blood is Red (An Apache Western #10)

Sun, 10 Jul 1977 09:20:08 +0300

In the timber country of Oregon, an exhausted Cuchillo Oro stumbles across Faith Magruder, a mail-order bride about to be raped by her drunken husband. Thinking he is doing the right thing, Cuchillo intervenes but somehow the woman kills her husband and knocks out the weakened Apache. When Cuchillo comes to he knows that the word of a red man is worth nothing against that of a white man. And very soon he is being hunted by an avowed Apache hater and his gang. Cuchillo is blamed for the husband's murder and the armed and ruthless mob want him dead. And the bloodbath, once it starts, will be relentless, for nothing can stop Cuchillo Oro—the Golden Knife—merciless and hell-bent on revenge!

Blood Line (An Apache Western #7)

Wed, 14 Sep 1977 10:35:47 +0300

Cuchillo Oro saved Linda Daughton from a fate worse than death at the hands of a band of renegade Apaches. When he was in danger himself, she returned the favour by shooting his attacker in the groin. Though the fight is over - the trouble is just beginning. Now Frankie Ettinger was out for revenge. But it would take more than a white man, even the rich and ruthless Ettinger, to spill the blood of Cuchillo Oro. And he will settle for nothing less than spilling the blood of any white man who dares to cross his trail ...

Sonora Slaughter (An Apache Western #6)

Sun, 18 Nov 1979 23:10:36 +0300

Apache renegade Cuchillo Oro, in search of his hated enemy Captain Piner, becomes involved with a gang of Mexican bandits. They are holding captive the daughter of a rich Sonoran. Their plan is to ransom her and Cuchillo now becomes tangled up in the plan. His only way to escape with his life and famed knife is to go along with it ... with bloody consequences for all.

The First Death (Apache 01)

Wed, 14 Sep 1977 11:35:18 +0300

Cuchillo was a warrior to be feared, but he was not a man easily driven to war. Even when the brutal and sadistic Lieutenant Pinner removed two of his fingers for allegedly stealing his ornamental knife, and branded him 'Cuchillo Oro' – the Golden Knife) – he sought a peaceful solution.
Then the true thieves came after him, but still he kept his head.
But then Lieutenant Pinner took his squaw and his baby boy hostage ... and that was when Cuchillo Oro decided that the white-eyes had gone too far ...

The Death Train (Apache 04)

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:56:36 +0300

They came from the East. A small wagon train of men, women and children. Mormons in search of land beyond the Sierra Mogollons, to build their own town. They had already been hit by several fierce attacks. And the survivors were left with very little food and water. When they were attacked by Cuchillo Oro and his renegade Indians it seemed to be the last straw. Amazingly the attack is a failure; his renegades killed and he is captured.
Now in the hands of Robert Regan, the caravan's security chief, Cuchillo bargains for his life. His knowledge of the land could save him and the Mormons. With no other help or hope of survival the leaders chose to accept his offer. But there is a new terror to strike at the hearts of the Mormons ...
Cannibalism!
And if anyone was going to be eaten, it would be the hostage redskin first ...
Cuchillo Oro.

Fort Treachery (An Apache Western #5)

Wed, 14 Sep 1977 18:02:03 +0300

Trouble begins small. Always try to talk your way out of the small trouble and thereby avoid losing the final, large argument. As he entered the fort, Cuchillo steeled himself for the abuse and verbal outrages that he would be automatically subjected to. As challenging as the taunt might be, he must manage to control his hot, blind temper. Had rage been boiling inside him at that crucial moment, he would have died. For as Cuchillo turned, a Remington was cocked and aimed at his chest.

Slow Dying (An Apache / Cuchillo Oro Western #18)

Wed, 26 Nov 1980 09:00:11 +0300

Cuchillo Oro, the grandson of the great Indian chief Mangas Coloradas is slow to judge but quick to act when he witnesses the cruel rape and murder of a Ute Indian woman and two small children. Where the man with the golden knife feet land, men die. And when Sheriff Thaddeus Mann and his gang of deputies taunt him into violence, the Apache warrior jumps at his chance for revenge.

Blood on the Tracks (An Apache Western #8)

Wed, 09 Mar 1977 21:35:24 +0300

Cuchillo Oro is riding along the Gila River Trail when he comes to a railroad camp—the butchered bodies of the Chinese workers and their white enslavers cover the construction site. It is New Mexico Territory and this is the ghastly work of renegade Apaches, who don't want the railroad on their land.
Just moments after Cuchillo arrives, a cavalry patrol rides up and accuses him of leading the Indian attack. Out for revenge, the soldiers decide to tie him to a locomotive and drag the red skin they hate right off his body.
He survives, filled with rage for the white man who has taunted and abused his people for years. But now Cuchillo must also deal with John Colt, leader of the renegade Apaches ... a warrior every inch as tough as Oro.
Can Golden Knife hold out against both Apache and white savagery?

Knife in the Night (Apache 02)

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:21:16 +0200

Cuchillo Oro, Apache warrior, continues his bloody bid for revenge on the man who removed two of his fingers joint by joint, destroyed the peace of his tribal settlement, and murdered his squaw and son. Lieutenant Pinner is a marked man - a ruthless and sadistic Indian-hater who has finally met his match. Luck seems to be with him for the moment but sooner or later his time will come, and when it does he knows he can expect no mercy.