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U. S. Marshall Danny Coogan returns to his roots in Montana to settle into the sleepy town of Darwin with his pregnant wife. But as Danny races into town ahead of an early blizzard, the storms of his past threaten his future. Not only has the ambitions of the Ghost Buffalo Society set some of the local Indians on a path toward insurrection, but Danny’s best friend, Edmund Goodrunner, working undercover for the Tribal Council, has gone missing.

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THE COOGAN MYSTERY SERIES

Frontier Justice (Book #1) Frontier Outlaws (Book #2)
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FRONTIER OUTLAWS (Book #2)

Eight months after the showdown with the domestic terrorist group that nearly cost him his life, Danny Coogan, a Montana Fish and Game Officer, faces a new threat to his community—and his career. It starts with a dead steer. Which happens to be near the body of a dead rancher. Both of which are on the Dead Horse Indian Reservation.
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FRONTIER JUSTICE (Book #1)

Danny Coogan, a freshly minted Montana Fish and Game Officer and recent Afghanistan veteran, hopes to bury his demons in a simple life in the wilderness around the small town of Darwin. But his life becomes a nightmare when he is shot and left injured and alone in the freezing countryside to struggle for survival. His assailant? A local he had considered a friend.
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Apogee and Terminus

Published:  As You Were: The Military Review, Volume 14 Spring 2021

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Finding Something True

Published:  Local Honey | Midwest

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The Fleur Restoration

Published:  Page & Spine Magazine

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 Michael Cardwell retired after thirty-two years in the US Army. Along the way, he studied creative writing at Indiana University and published poetry and prose in reviews, journals, and magazines.

In retirement, he lives with his wife Roni in the Midwest and spends time brewing coffee, writing short stories and novels, chasing dogs, and enjoying his eight grandchildren.

The “Frontier” books are a best-selling series following Game Warden Danny Coogan in the Montana.