Preacher's Fury

The First Mountain Man #18

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

Preacher brings justice to the lawless West in this gunslinging frontier adventure from the greatest western writer of the 21st century. A Woman for the Winter.  Montana Territory and a band of Assiniboine Indians give Preacher shelter for the winter. A beautiful woman named Raven’s Wing makes the sheltering even better—once he gets things straight with a jealous brave who wants to lift Preacher’s scalp.A Fire in the Night.  Across the border is another wanderer and another tribe. Preacher’s old enemy, Willie Deaver, plies a band of Indians with the deadliest combination whisky, guns, and bullets—then directs them to try out their killing tools on the Assiniboine. The raid reaps a harvest of devastating death, bloodshed and helpless captives. Deaver is all the more delighted when he learns Preacher is among the fallen. And the Fury of a Mountain Man . . . But in the driving, drifting snow, with a handful of bloodied survivors by his side, Preacher is a rifle in his hands, red-hot fury in his heart, and icy vengeance in his gun sight . . .  Praise for the novels of William W. Johnstone   “[A] rousing, two-fisted saga of the growing American frontier.”—Publishers Weekly on Eyes of Eagles   “There’s plenty of gunplay and fast-paced action as this old-time hero proves again that a steady eye and quick reflexes are the keys to survival on the Western frontier.”—Curled Up with a Good Book on Dead Before Sundown

Genres: Westerns, Novels, Fiction, Ebooks

353 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.

Reviews

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Preacher gets in a bar fight. The others guys are sore losers, and decide to follow Preacher and kill him. Minding his own business, Preacher and company are ambushed by Indians. After dealing with them, he finds they had a maiden held captive. This leads to a big fight between Preacher and his Indian friends versus the losers and their Indian friends.

Not bad.

[Randy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preacher and his partner, Lorenzo, were stopping at Blind Pete's Place for supplies for the winter that was almost on them. That was where the trouble started.

They found two other friends, little Audie, the educated dwarf, and Nighthawk, his Crow partner, about to get into it with a crew of five rough looking fellows, Willie Deaver and his crew.

The fight didn't last long though and the four men left Deaver and his unconscious on the floor. They loaded up on supplies and headed for the Assiniboine village of Bent Leg where they hoped to spend the winter. Along the way they were jumped by a band of Gros Ventre, the Assiniboine's bitter enemies and rescued a beautiful young woman, Raven's Wing. She was old Bent Leg's niece.

They settled in and, other than a warrior's objection to raven's wing picking Preacher over him, not a lot of problem.

There was still Willie Deaver out there though. He was a gunrunner selling to the Indians. This time he picked the Gros Ventre village of Snake Heart, on the other side of a ridge from Bent Leg's.

There the battles began amid a strong snow storm.

As always, the Preacher novels are strongly plotted, adventure novels of the early west. The author behind the J. A. Johnstone name on this one is a favorite.

[Jerry Blackerby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent Johnstone book about Preacher. Exciting all the way through.

[Deanna S. Burger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preachers fury

I have yet to be disappointed on any of Johnston's books. HE is an author I will continue reading. I hope I can read every single one

[Violet · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I've said before, I like all of these. Sure, they get a little repetitive in locations and action but it's kind of like when we watched the old western movies ... Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Hopalong Cassidy, etc. can never get enough of them. Some how, the Johnstones come up with a different plot for each, so all I can say is, "keep em coming". Montana territory and war between two tribes ... Assiniboine and Gros Ventre with a little jealousy over Raven's Wing tossed in, and some outlaws. Very entertaining.

[David Burnworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preacher, Lorenzo, Audie, and Nighthawk decide to winter with a band of Assiniboine Indians in Montana Territory hoping to have a lazy relaxing time. But trouble with an old enemy, a man named Devers ends rather quickly, along with unwanted trouble with the War Chef of the Assiniboine because the woman he has claimed chooses Preacher. This is a action-packed adventure that is a must-read for any fan of Western's

[Preston Dannelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preacher is mad!

He is very busy in this story, helping out friends done wrong by thieves and outlaws. The Johnstones spin an excellent tale, as they always do. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves westerns and stories about mountain men.

[Merleen Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

One fierce battle after another

The excitement never stops in this page turner. The reader is never sure of who will be victor or victim until the last sentence is read. A highly recommended tale of desire and revenge.

[Allen Johansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great

The entire mountain man series is great and this is just another in the epic saga of William johnstones writing career

[Ted Cartier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book in the preacher series.

[Flannery Kneel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Preacher and his companions, Lorenzo his African- American trail buddy, Audie a little person and long time friend, and the Crow Indian, Nighthawk, are all spending the winter with the Assiniboine tribe! Meanwhile several outlaws have arranged to trade stolen military guns for fur pelts with the Assiniboine's enemies, Gros Ventre! Preacher finds himself falling for the beautiful Raven's Wing and pitches in for his comrades, the Assiniboine after their rivals have kidnapped his precious squaw! Trouble is around every corner with the tension mounting between the two tribes and Preacher is in the midst of an all out war, risking his life again and again! This book is packed with action and the descriptive writing takes the reader right into the heat of the adventure!

[Steve Goble · Rating 1 out of 5]

A new acquaintance recommended this series to me, so I gave it a try. I found the dialogue to be too corny and cliched, the bad guys to be just a bit too horribly evil for no particularly good reason and bad tacticians and planners to boot, while the good guys just didn't come off as real people. So, I gave up on the book.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic; great pace. Epic one-on-one body struggles.

I also counted some high falutin' words,
that I'm not ashamed to admit I had never seen:

cairn, nocked, beezer, hawsers, puncheons, blunderbuss

[Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

William W. Johnstone knows the old west, you can picture the area he is talking about, does his research to make you think you are there.