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Kills Many Quickly: A Mountain Man Adventure
The first adventure in an exciting new three book trilogy from Dave P. Fisher!
No man knew the trails, rivers, and passes of the Rocky Mountains like Travis Walker. He was trapping the country years before the brigades of Company trappers descended on the beaver-rich streams. To Travis Walker, the mountains were the very breath he breathed, until the day a Cheyenne war party sent his world spinning into the depths of despair. The Cheyenne swiftly learned to fear the rage and retribution of the man they came to call Háestóhenóéoohe – Kills Many Quickly.
With the price paid in Cheyenne blood, Travis Walker left the mountains, crawled into a deteriorating trade fort to live out his life in solitude, and the nightmares that haunted his sleep. Then, came the day, Martin Ouimette, on the hunt for the gang of cutthroat thieves who murdered his wife and daughters, came to him for help. The gang had fled to the Rocky Mountains guided by an outlaw trapper. Martin needed a guide, and there was no one better than Travis Walker. Travis was forced to face himself. Would he lament his life away, or help a courageous man who suffered what he had suffered? He made his decision. It was time to be a mountain man again.
No man knew the trails, rivers, and passes of the Rocky Mountains like Travis Walker. He was trapping the country years before the brigades of Company trappers descended on the beaver-rich streams. To Travis Walker, the mountains were the very breath he breathed, until the day a Cheyenne war party sent his world spinning into the depths of despair. The Cheyenne swiftly learned to fear the rage and retribution of the man they came to call Háestóhenóéoohe – Kills Many Quickly.
With the price paid in Cheyenne blood, Travis Walker left the mountains, crawled into a deteriorating trade fort to live out his life in solitude, and the nightmares that haunted his sleep. Then, came the day, Martin Ouimette, on the hunt for the gang of cutthroat thieves who murdered his wife and daughters, came to him for help. The gang had fled to the Rocky Mountains guided by an outlaw trapper. Martin needed a guide, and there was no one better than Travis Walker. Travis was forced to face himself. Would he lament his life away, or help a courageous man who suffered what he had suffered? He made his decision. It was time to be a mountain man again.
180 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 2, 2023
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About the author
Dave P. Fisher
112 books40 followers I have been a writer of adventure novels of the Old West. I have now branched out to writing contemporary crime novels with a suspense/mystery base. What I feel makes these unique is that they are set in the modern West and Alaska, as opposed to exotic world and big city settings. They involve average people and local law enforcement agencies.
My writing influence comes from my ancestral roots. Mountain men, voyageurs, pioneers, and explorers make up the branches of my family tree. My paternal grandfather was Blackfoot Indian from Montana. My maternal grandfather was a Minnesota lumberjack, both men were born in the 1800’s.
As a lifelong outdoorsman I have inherited that pioneer blood and followed in the footsteps of both my families. I have experienced life in the Alaska bush, as well as the wilderness of the Rocky and Cascade Mountains, as a working cowboy, guide, horsepacker, hunter, and trapper.
I also spent several years as a Colorado Deputy Sheriff. This experience in the law enforcement field allows me an intimate insight to the system that I weave into my new crime genre stories.
I incorporate all of my experiences into my stories to ingrain them with authenticity and draw the reader into the story by their realism and a personal knowledge of the people and lifestyle involved.
I have near to 500 fiction and non-fiction works published. Included are: 19 novels and short story collections, 70 short stories, and inclusion in 18 anthologies. I am the first 3 time winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award, in 2008 for Best Western Fiction, and again in 2013 for Best Western Humor, and 2014 for Best Western Novel. Nine of my short stories have earned Reader’s Choice Awards.
My writing influence comes from my ancestral roots. Mountain men, voyageurs, pioneers, and explorers make up the branches of my family tree. My paternal grandfather was Blackfoot Indian from Montana. My maternal grandfather was a Minnesota lumberjack, both men were born in the 1800’s.
As a lifelong outdoorsman I have inherited that pioneer blood and followed in the footsteps of both my families. I have experienced life in the Alaska bush, as well as the wilderness of the Rocky and Cascade Mountains, as a working cowboy, guide, horsepacker, hunter, and trapper.
I also spent several years as a Colorado Deputy Sheriff. This experience in the law enforcement field allows me an intimate insight to the system that I weave into my new crime genre stories.
I incorporate all of my experiences into my stories to ingrain them with authenticity and draw the reader into the story by their realism and a personal knowledge of the people and lifestyle involved.
I have near to 500 fiction and non-fiction works published. Included are: 19 novels and short story collections, 70 short stories, and inclusion in 18 anthologies. I am the first 3 time winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award, in 2008 for Best Western Fiction, and again in 2013 for Best Western Humor, and 2014 for Best Western Novel. Nine of my short stories have earned Reader’s Choice Awards.
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October 29, 2023
Travis Walker returns
Travis Walker is a hunter and trapper. He made his living selling pelts from the animals he trapped. Two Frenchman, are seeking to find Travis. The Frenchmen need a guide, and Travis is the best. I do not want to write anything else because of spoilers. I can not wait to read book 2.
Travis Walker is a hunter and trapper. He made his living selling pelts from the animals he trapped. Two Frenchman, are seeking to find Travis. The Frenchmen need a guide, and Travis is the best. I do not want to write anything else because of spoilers. I can not wait to read book 2.
August 19, 2023
Gripping
A real adventure story. Very descriptive beautiful country. All kinds of colorful people good, bad white and Indian. You won't regret reading this!
A real adventure story. Very descriptive beautiful country. All kinds of colorful people good, bad white and Indian. You won't regret reading this!
September 7, 2023
Good read
Like the intrigue, the deeper mystery. Like the bigger personalities. There were many that history made bigger than life. Lots of things reported differently than actual.
Like the intrigue, the deeper mystery. Like the bigger personalities. There were many that history made bigger than life. Lots of things reported differently than actual.
August 20, 2023
Having just completed the first book, I now realize that books 2 and 3 are direct links to the storyline and a trilogy. I didn’t think about cliffhangers, but I love the story so will download both the other books. Travis Walker has been more or less a hermit having revenged the deaths of his sons. Now he has been asked to help another father find those that killed his family. Together they travel.
June 6, 2023
I despise cliffhangers.
I forgave Mr, Fisher the cliffhanger in the first of the Retturn of Travis Walker books, wrongfully assuming that he would wrap it up in the next. It was not to happen, as he left the reader hanging in midair to wait for the next book. I read quite a few series and enjoy them but I abhor a book that ends with a major looming question. I am taking him and his series off my watch list.
I forgave Mr, Fisher the cliffhanger in the first of the Retturn of Travis Walker books, wrongfully assuming that he would wrap it up in the next. It was not to happen, as he left the reader hanging in midair to wait for the next book. I read quite a few series and enjoy them but I abhor a book that ends with a major looming question. I am taking him and his series off my watch list.
July 27, 2023
Interesting historical content but the book story took a long time to unfold. More, the title represents an ancillary character, rather than the main characters, and in the end the plot never came to fruition. While intriguing, I cannot rank above three stars and must weigh if reading book two is palatable or not.
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September 9, 2023
Good read
A ruthless gang of men are killing and robbing trappers. The group of eight also rob fur traders. Tracks Walker left the mountains to hide and morn his dead family. Walker is now guiding a trader that had his family murdered by the killers. This is a cliffhanger. I dislike cliffhangers, so no five.
A ruthless gang of men are killing and robbing trappers. The group of eight also rob fur traders. Tracks Walker left the mountains to hide and morn his dead family. Walker is now guiding a trader that had his family murdered by the killers. This is a cliffhanger. I dislike cliffhangers, so no five.
July 8, 2023
good story
Good strong characters. Great intrigue and action. A hard beginning and kind of slow but it caught on good and got lots more action and intrigue. Can’t wait to read the next one
Good strong characters. Great intrigue and action. A hard beginning and kind of slow but it caught on good and got lots more action and intrigue. Can’t wait to read the next one
August 25, 2023
Very good storyline!
I really enjoyed this book, you can't help but feel for both men due to the loss of family members! I have a strange feeling about the third member of their search party. Can't wait for the next book!
I really enjoyed this book, you can't help but feel for both men due to the loss of family members! I have a strange feeling about the third member of their search party. Can't wait for the next book!
October 2, 2023
A very exciting and adventurous story.
The author has written a great story of the adventures of the men living in wilderness and making a living trapping and selling their pelts. Very entertaining reading.
The author has written a great story of the adventures of the men living in wilderness and making a living trapping and selling their pelts. Very entertaining reading.
December 20, 2023
Travis Walker Returns
The author is a master of weaving his knowledge of historical events with believable characters in this book. I was drawn into the story so naturally that I saw and felt what was happening in the story.
The author is a master of weaving his knowledge of historical events with believable characters in this book. I was drawn into the story so naturally that I saw and felt what was happening in the story.
December 28, 2023
Kills Many Quickly
This is a good book with a very good story line about a Mountain man, with a grudge against Indians, for killing his two boys .helping Metis man track down, and kill a gang of thugs, who had raped ,and killed his wife and daughters.
This is a good book with a very good story line about a Mountain man, with a grudge against Indians, for killing his two boys .helping Metis man track down, and kill a gang of thugs, who had raped ,and killed his wife and daughters.
January 6, 2024
Interesting parallel circumstances in two lives
I don't trust Prisque. I think he is the missing link, or knows who is.. I like Travis and Martin, they have much in common. I'm ready for more.. Highly recommended for all adult readers. Very bloody.
I don't trust Prisque. I think he is the missing link, or knows who is.. I like Travis and Martin, they have much in common. I'm ready for more.. Highly recommended for all adult readers. Very bloody.
November 21, 2024
Blah.
Brutal violence. Brutal dialogue.
Could of been an interesting series: mountain men, early western, fur trappers, bad guys, medium guys. But the dialogue was more wooden than a beaver lodge.
Brutal violence. Brutal dialogue.
Could of been an interesting series: mountain men, early western, fur trappers, bad guys, medium guys. But the dialogue was more wooden than a beaver lodge.
December 4, 2025
Short
Put three books together to get one book. And that's not a particularly good book. All apparently cliff hangers with weak story line. Don't know for sure as I decided not to read on during first episode.
Put three books together to get one book. And that's not a particularly good book. All apparently cliff hangers with weak story line. Don't know for sure as I decided not to read on during first episode.
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July 4, 2023I really enjoyed this trilogy.This book one set the stage perfectly for the remainder two volumes
July 18, 2023
Movvifngon
A great book to Read but no have it true o move on to book two divine out what happens
A great book to Read but no have it true o move on to book two divine out what happens
July 30, 2023
Abrupt ending
I was really hoping this wasn't a series.
But alas, I'm mistaken. It's good enough to read the next one I guess.
I was really hoping this wasn't a series.
But alas, I'm mistaken. It's good enough to read the next one I guess.
September 9, 2023
Excellent read!
If you are a fan of mountain men and the West, you will enjoy this book. Can't wait to start the 2nd in the series.
If you are a fan of mountain men and the West, you will enjoy this book. Can't wait to start the 2nd in the series.
September 21, 2023
5 Stars
I dislike Amazon’s requirement that I justify why I gave a book a particular rating, especially that I have to use a minimum
I dislike Amazon’s requirement that I justify why I gave a book a particular rating, especially that I have to use a minimum
October 12, 2023
Kills Many Quickly
first book I have read by this author. I am glad I read it will for sure be reading more by Dave P. Fisher. Thank you for a great read.
first book I have read by this author. I am glad I read it will for sure be reading more by Dave P. Fisher. Thank you for a great read.
November 22, 2023
Enjoyed the story and the history. I was a little distracted from the flow at times by the insertion of unnecessary commas.
January 29, 2024
This was an excellent mountain man novel! It was full of action and suspense with gun fights indian attacks and supurb story line. It's very hard to put down and a book that I would highly recommend!
April 15, 2024
An easy read. I just wish it wasn't a cliffhanger.
May 20, 2024
The book was good but left too much unresolved. Even though this is a series I think each book should finish the storyline of the book. This one definitely did not.
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