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The Hunted
DEAD MAN WALKING
Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about being quiet. Unfortunately it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service in his stead.
The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow and the threat of an Indian attack, but the ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit put Charlie ill at ease. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really gone - because the wounded bear of a man isn't down for the count, and he's ready to bring vengeance on those who did him wrong....
Big Charlie Chilton knows better than to lose his temper, but when a loudmouth threatens to expose his long-buried secrets, he can't help but teach the man a lesson about being quiet. Unfortunately it turns out the man was about to make an important supply run for the town's marshal, and Marshal Watt knows just enough about Shotgun Charlie's past to draft him into service in his stead.
The trek north would be treacherous enough with the snow and the threat of an Indian attack, but the ragtag drunkards running the freighting outfit put Charlie ill at ease. When bad blood springs up between them, Charlie is left for dead on the side of the mountain. But they should have made sure he was really gone - because the wounded bear of a man isn't down for the count, and he's ready to bring vengeance on those who did him wrong....
- GenresWesterns
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published August 6, 2013
About the author
Matthew P. Mayo
75 books37 followersMatthew P. Mayo is the award-winning author of thirty-plus books and dozens more short stories. His novel, Stranded: A Story of Frontier Survival, won the prestigious Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, as well as the Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction by the Western Writers of America, the Peacemaker Award for Best YA Novel by Western Fictioneers, and the Willa Literary Award for Best Historical Fiction by Women Writing the West. His novel, Tucker’s Reckoning, won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and his short stories have been Spur Award and Peacemaker Award finalists.
He has been an on-screen expert for a popular TV series about lost treasure in the American West, and is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
Matthew and his wife, photographer and videographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, along with their indefatigable pup, Miss Tess, run Gritty Press (www.GrittyPress.com) and live in the deepest, forested wildlands of Maine. When they’re not battling belligerent bigfoots and foiling the filching ways of hordes of gray squirrels, they rove the byways of North America in search of hot coffee, tasty whiskey, and high adventure. Be sure to rummage at Matthew’s website (www.MatthewMayo.com) for updates about spurious projects, outrageous outings, and a few surprises, too….
He has been an on-screen expert for a popular TV series about lost treasure in the American West, and is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
Matthew and his wife, photographer and videographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, along with their indefatigable pup, Miss Tess, run Gritty Press (www.GrittyPress.com) and live in the deepest, forested wildlands of Maine. When they’re not battling belligerent bigfoots and foiling the filching ways of hordes of gray squirrels, they rove the byways of North America in search of hot coffee, tasty whiskey, and high adventure. Be sure to rummage at Matthew’s website (www.MatthewMayo.com) for updates about spurious projects, outrageous outings, and a few surprises, too….
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September 1, 2025
Completely false advertising. The cover shows a heavily armed man ready for vengeance, yet the protagonist comes across entirely as befuddled and inept and WON'T use a gun!
Massive logical story arc inconsistencies throughout, with a Mega lame wrap it up ending without addressing or even mentioning the starving villagers issue.
The book is begging for intelligent editing. I'm glad I only spent $2.31 on this destined for the outhouse paperback.
Massive logical story arc inconsistencies throughout, with a Mega lame wrap it up ending without addressing or even mentioning the starving villagers issue.
The book is begging for intelligent editing. I'm glad I only spent $2.31 on this destined for the outhouse paperback.
June 29, 2020
Good Book clean and well written.
October 25, 2024
Very gory!!!!
April 4, 2026
Not a vengeance story, unrealistic, not believable, like the author clicked and pasted it together.
March 20, 2016
Excellent...Excellent...A very good story page turner, should keep the reader engrossed in the tale and wanting to see how things turn out, it sure did for me! The finale had some surprises as well.
October 19, 2014
Excellent, well-written western.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews