Apache Hostage

by Lewis B. Patten

Revenge. The word seared Canavan's brain like a branding iron. For years he had lived in peace with the Apache, ignoring their wars with other white settlers. But that time had come to a sudden and brutal end. Canavan knew he could no longer turn his back. The fierce renegades had swept down from the mountains bent on murder and destruction. His neighbors - men, women, and children - had all been massacred! Edith, his fiancee newly arrived from the East, was taken captive. Canavan knew she'd be worked and whipped - and worse - until she dropped in her tracks! Was all the guilt his for breaking the code, for taking as his bride a beautiful Indian squaw? It no longer mattered. Canavan knew he had to free Edith - somehow!

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1970

About the author

aka Lewis Ford, Len Leighton, Joseph Wayne (with Wayne D. Overholser)

Lewis Byford Patten was a prolific author of American Western Novels, born in Denver, Colorado. Often published under the names Lewis Ford, Len Leighto and, Joseph Wayne.

Reviews

[Matthew]

Patten does in 128 pages what current authors need 400+ pages to do.
How this has not been turned into a mini-series is beyond me.

[John]

good story and that is what it should have been, a short story and not a novel. The story was good enough that I will try other books by this author.