Books by Gerald A. Moriarty

The Day Hell Rode In

Author Gerald A. Moriarty takes a new direction in his seventh book, a Western thriller, as he leaves behind his beloved mountains and gold fields, taking on a young man’s adventure to hell and back.

Set in the 1850s in the Wild West, Randy’s life goes astray, and he must fight his way out of dangerous situations. He leaves behind a trail of violence before his life turns around in a most bizarre way. Helping him turn the corner is a young woman who saves his life in The Day Hell Rode In.

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Pools of Gold: A Sequel to Vanishing Anger

This book, being the sequel to the author’s book, Vanishing Anger, depicts the lure of what that lustrous glow of gold can do when one becomes bitten by that dreaded “gold fever.” You will enjoy the ride with a man who had been bit with that fever. The thrills and tragedies that accompany you throughout this journey will keep your interest glued to the pages that lie before you.

When Gerald starting writing and publishing books at the age of 79 he never dreamt that at the age of 82 he would still be pounding the keys finishing his seventh book and working on the eighth. Retired and living at the foothills of the mountains, he continues to deliver an action-packed story about the characters he imagined living in the areas he himself explored. His latest book moves ahead a few decades but still bases the storyline on adventures of a driven man who makes a life for himself in spite of many catastrophic dangers. The characters all manage to find people in their lives to share their dreams, struggles and triumphs. Gerald has no idea if he will continue with his writing career but as each book is released he pulls out the keyboard and is driven to put into words the life of characters he envisioned roaming the back country with.

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Vanishing Anger

Born against the backdrop of the majestic Cascade Mountains in Washington State, Gerald A. Moriarty wrote his Western Vanishing Anger to express “my love for the mountains and my fascination for those during the mid-1800s who were mountain men.”

Though the author’s primary interest is in following the adventures of the Wild West’s mountain men, he heads off in a totally new direction, writing his Western tales. Moriarty has experienced the bite of gold fever himself, and his next two books will express that side of his life.

In this novel, an angry man tired of all the fighting needed to defend himself back home on the docks, heads West seeking a new life. His transformation from an angry man to one who finds peace takes place as he finds adventure and self-reliance on his travels.

The former longshoreman becomes a gold prospector and a frontiersman who meets up with thieves and scammers.

Now retired, Gerald A. Moriarty was born and raised on a farm outside the small town of Enumclaw, Washington. “The absolute beauty of all the surrounding mountains” inspired him to both write and to create beadwork jewelry that he sells at bazaars.

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Beware the Gaheena!

J978-1-63135-188-4-GMoriartyCoveroin the courageous mountain men living in the Wild West wilderness of Colorado and Wyoming, in this thrilling adventure novel set in the 1850s.

The story follows Red Fox, a lonely young man orphaned at an early age who feels he never found a home where he truly belongs. In search of a peaceful place to live, he meets up with a mountain man named Silver Wolf who helps him change and mold his life.

During his Western adventures, the man is hunted by the vengeful brother of a man who lost his life over a card game. Red Fox also survives several skirmishes with bloodthirsty Indians, though he suffers the loss of some of the mountain men who have become his friends. In the end, he puts to rest his troubled past and finishes his long journey, ending at a place he can call home.

In Search of Silver Wolf

Moriarty Cover WebEven though the author had not intended to pen another book after his first book, Beware the Gaheena!, the demand from his readers for a sequel was overwhelming.

In the sequel, In Search of Silver Wolf, he ingeniously resurrects Silver Wolf and not only answers that demand, but gives his readers a great read.

 

 

 

 

A Perilous Journey to Peace   

unnamed (8)A young man and his two friends tire of working on their old farms along the East Coast and decide to head for the wild country that lies west. The dangers of traveling through untamed Indian country is an experience they have never had to face.

But they become quick learners on surviving the perils of the wild when one of them is captured by a tribe of Indians, and taken to their encampment to quench their lust for torture and scalping. They then meet up with a mountain man who becomes their traveling companion and mentor. They rescue two young children who were left orphaned out on the plains.

Their struggles not only involve protecting their own lives, but the children’s as well. In their travels, they search for a family that will take the children in. The youngsters are hard workers, and quite skilled at riding horses and using firearms in defense.

In the end, they now live out West, snuggled in a valley between two mountain ranges and a beautiful river, finding their own peaceful place after surviving A Perilous Journey to Peace.

Legend on the Mountain: The Legacy of Silver Wolf

“Silver Wolf, being the courageous and adventurous man that he was, began his transition in life

from a farmer to a mountain man at a place south of a large settlement by the name of Ashland

located near the western border of the territory of Iowa. He travels through life with a reputation

of having been a farmer, wagon master, settler, then on to becoming a mountain man because of

tragedy that strikes his life. He ends up becoming a legend in the mountains he loved.”

Legend on the Mountain: The Legacy of Silver Wolf is the fourth and final book in the Silver Wolf series.

The tale begins in the Midwest in the mid-1800s, from the time Silver Wolf left his farm in Iowa to become a wagon master, settler, and in the end, a mountain man. He was given the name Silver Wolf by the tribes he took his vengeance upon.

Following the tragic loss of his wife, Silver Wolf is filled with sorrow and revenge against the Indians who killed her. Leaving his daughter Kate in the hands of friends, Silver Wolf heads to the mountains to plan his revenge against the Indians, with the hope of finding peace once again.

Gerald A. Moriarty began writing novels at the age of 79. Now 81, he has completed seven novels, four of which have been published. “This book is the culmination of my first three books that all tie together.” He lives in Western Washington and has always had a love of the mountains. His admiration of mountain men inspired him to pen his books.

About the Author

Moriarty Web PicGerald A. Moriarty was born and raised against the foothills of Mount Rainier in the state of Washington. He and his family now live in the town of Buckley, Washington that is located against those hills. He has not lived anywhere that was far from a mountain range no matter which state he has lived in because his love of them is so deeply ingrained in him. He is 80 years old and being retired he is enjoying writing books about the old time characters that he admired.