Echo Trail

Echo Trail is the fourth book in the series, concerning the life and times of big Bill Bentley and his associates. While riding through Arizona to the Perez ranch in Escondido, California, Bill pulls his stallion to the side of the road to examine a ring and is overtaken suddenly by extreme lassitude. Nearby, a deadly ambush awaits him. In an ironic twist, the past is intertwined with the present via the ingenuity of an optimistic, young-at-heart grandmother, whose concern for her socially inept grandson forces her to take steps far above and beyond the normal run of things. Along a desolate desert road in the Old West, Sydney and her grandson meet up with a muscle-bound, hardened man of the trail. Recognizing Bill Bentley, young Dan is smitten with hero worship. After his grandmother's strange disappearance and many mysterious goings on, the genius kid goes looking for answers.