title: Absaroka Ambush/Courage of the Mountain Man
author:  William W. Johnstone 
description: <b>William W. Johnstone</b> is the<i>USA Today</i>and<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of over 300 books, including<i>Preacher, The Last Mountain Man, Luke Jensen Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, Savage Texas, Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man; The Family Jensen, Sidewinders,</i>and<i>Shawn O'Brien Town Tamer</i>. His thrillers include<i>Phoenix Rising, Home Invasion, The Blood of Patriots, The Bleeding Edge</i>, and<i>Suicide Mission</i>. Visit his website at www.williamjohnstone.net or by email at dogcia2006@aol.com.
zlib_text: Last of the Breed Chapter 45 They were wary. Slowly, guns pointed, they moved
  in around him. One jerked the AK-47 from his hand; another, a man in civilian
  clothes, struck him viciously in the kidney with a rifle butt. He started to
  fall, caught himself, and remained erect. His hands were jerked behind him and
  handcuffs put on. Several men moved in around him, pushing the soldiers away.
  These were KGB, and there seemed no good feeling between them and the
  soldiers, who watched with expressionless faces. Joe Mack stared straight
  ahead, his mind busy. What else could he have done? He was surrounded, there
  were too many of them, they were closing in, and up there he had no place to
  hide. Not even a good place to make a stand. It was bare rock, a few scattered
  trees, a few spots of snow. He knew he would be beaten. He expected to be
  tortured. He could endure pain. He had been through that before, but what he
  must do was escape again. If they had shot his legs from under him, he would
  have 