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Redemption Tales #2
Redeeming Trail
“The Preacher”, Nathan Ryder and his new wife, Grace are finally on their way to Redemption to start their new life. With some old friends, a wealthy eastern family and a bunch of freed slaves, they’ve set out for the New Mexico Territory. The Santa Fe Trail is dangerous in the best of times, even for the most experienced Wagon Masters and Scouts. Add a gunslinger determined to have a showdown with “The Preacher” to the normal dangers of the trail and you have a recipe for Adventure.
Shoot-outs, easterners who refuse to learn to live in the West, Indians and even trail side births all test every skill Nugget Nate taught Nathan. Can he overcome all obstacles and reach Redemption? If he does will there even be a Redemption to arrive at? Or will his new enemy destroy any chance Nathan has of a peaceful life as a Circuit Riding Preacher? The answers can only be found on the Redeeming Trail.
Shoot-outs, easterners who refuse to learn to live in the West, Indians and even trail side births all test every skill Nugget Nate taught Nathan. Can he overcome all obstacles and reach Redemption? If he does will there even be a Redemption to arrive at? Or will his new enemy destroy any chance Nathan has of a peaceful life as a Circuit Riding Preacher? The answers can only be found on the Redeeming Trail.
423 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2013
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About the author
George H. McVey Sr.
26 books36 followersGeorge McVey is a Pastor that grew up in a Christian home. He prayed a prayer of Salvation at the tender age of six and continued in church until his teens. At around age sixteen George became disillusioned with what he saw in church and Christians and began looking for something else. Like so often happens in that situation, he was introduced to the occult and spent the next two years as a practicing Satanist. In his late twenties George returned to the faith of his childhood and soon there after felt the call of God on his life to reach out to young people like he had been. In 1995 George began working as a youth minister and did that for the next five years.
As a youth pastor he has written several youth devotionals and lessons for himself and other part time and volunteer youth pastors as well as two complete youth retreats. He always printed them himself for the retreat members but always dreamed of publishing.
He was ordained in 2000 and became a senior pastor/ church planter in 2001. In 2007 George went from senior pastor to revivalist pastor with an emphasis on spiritual warfare and particularly on prayer walking a community to see spiritual breakthrough and renewal.
In late 2009 Georges ministry focus had shifted to prayer walking and revival coupled with prayer walking. George has taught on the subject many times and led countless prayer walks, and he kept hearing people tell him they would love to have his information in print so In 2010 God moved PG to begin to write. He has written several Bible studies and short stories. His first two books are non-fiction Bible studies. One day he woke up with several characters in his head trying to tell him their stories. He began writing them down.
As a youth pastor he has written several youth devotionals and lessons for himself and other part time and volunteer youth pastors as well as two complete youth retreats. He always printed them himself for the retreat members but always dreamed of publishing.
He was ordained in 2000 and became a senior pastor/ church planter in 2001. In 2007 George went from senior pastor to revivalist pastor with an emphasis on spiritual warfare and particularly on prayer walking a community to see spiritual breakthrough and renewal.
In late 2009 Georges ministry focus had shifted to prayer walking and revival coupled with prayer walking. George has taught on the subject many times and led countless prayer walks, and he kept hearing people tell him they would love to have his information in print so In 2010 God moved PG to begin to write. He has written several Bible studies and short stories. His first two books are non-fiction Bible studies. One day he woke up with several characters in his head trying to tell him their stories. He began writing them down.
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October 12, 2013
These are the first two books in the series. In “Redeeming Reputation”, we are introduced to Nathan Ryder. Nathan, it seems, is on his
way out west to become a traveling preacher on the circuit. Before he even gets out of town, he receives some news that will change his
life. His plan then is to continue on to Redemption, New Mexico to stick with his original plan of spreading the gospel. Nathan meets up
with all sorts of interesting characters in the town before he heads west, and he picks up a reputation of being a quick gunslinger. Who all
joins him on his trek to New Mexico? Is he really the fastest gunslinger in the west?
Spoilers!!! “Redeeming Trail” follows up to the end of “Redeeming Reputation” where Nathan and his wagon train have finally headed out
of town and in the direction of Redemption. As the wagon train full of characters move on, they are infiltrated by another outlaw set on
taking Nathan’s reputation away as the fastest gunslinger in the west and will do whatever it takes to disrupt this wagon train. When the
group finally reaches Redemption, there’s another battle waiting. Will the outlaw be the one to finally defeat Nathan? What dangers
await the great once they reach Redemption?
I’m not a huge Western fan, but I enjoy reading a good tale from the old wild west. These books actually gave me not only some great wild
west action, but also showed the bible in action. The main character, Nathan Ryder, is sure to be in the will of God to be heading out to
the preaching circuit, but when you add in the code of the west, there’s bound to be problems. The author handles these differences
extremely well, to the point of making me want to cheer each time the Preacher was faced with such a dilemma and he was able to
balance handling the situation but doing it a way that was true to biblical answers. It was refreshing to see such a point made to stay
strong to biblical beliefs.
Is this a "Guys Book"? It’s the wild west, what more needs to be said? Horses, gunslingers, gun battles and outlaws. These books,
and those whole series, will be a fantastic read to anyone that enjoys a great Western.
I received the ebook from the author in exchange for my honest opinion.
way out west to become a traveling preacher on the circuit. Before he even gets out of town, he receives some news that will change his
life. His plan then is to continue on to Redemption, New Mexico to stick with his original plan of spreading the gospel. Nathan meets up
with all sorts of interesting characters in the town before he heads west, and he picks up a reputation of being a quick gunslinger. Who all
joins him on his trek to New Mexico? Is he really the fastest gunslinger in the west?
Spoilers!!! “Redeeming Trail” follows up to the end of “Redeeming Reputation” where Nathan and his wagon train have finally headed out
of town and in the direction of Redemption. As the wagon train full of characters move on, they are infiltrated by another outlaw set on
taking Nathan’s reputation away as the fastest gunslinger in the west and will do whatever it takes to disrupt this wagon train. When the
group finally reaches Redemption, there’s another battle waiting. Will the outlaw be the one to finally defeat Nathan? What dangers
await the great once they reach Redemption?
I’m not a huge Western fan, but I enjoy reading a good tale from the old wild west. These books actually gave me not only some great wild
west action, but also showed the bible in action. The main character, Nathan Ryder, is sure to be in the will of God to be heading out to
the preaching circuit, but when you add in the code of the west, there’s bound to be problems. The author handles these differences
extremely well, to the point of making me want to cheer each time the Preacher was faced with such a dilemma and he was able to
balance handling the situation but doing it a way that was true to biblical answers. It was refreshing to see such a point made to stay
strong to biblical beliefs.
Is this a "Guys Book"? It’s the wild west, what more needs to be said? Horses, gunslingers, gun battles and outlaws. These books,
and those whole series, will be a fantastic read to anyone that enjoys a great Western.
I received the ebook from the author in exchange for my honest opinion.
August 3, 2018
You Had Me Crying at the End
A very good story with strong character development. Good interpretations of personal conflict between moral living and life dilemmas. There were many grammatical errors. Not the use of colloquial speech but more mistakes of repeated, misplaced, or misspelled words. I hope this distraction becomes less, as I was so enthralled with Book #1 that I have already purchased the entire series.
A very good story with strong character development. Good interpretations of personal conflict between moral living and life dilemmas. There were many grammatical errors. Not the use of colloquial speech but more mistakes of repeated, misplaced, or misspelled words. I hope this distraction becomes less, as I was so enthralled with Book #1 that I have already purchased the entire series.
February 7, 2017
Great story
I like that while there is enough gunplay & violence to satisfy any Western fan, the main characters never lose sight of God's leading in their lives.
I like that while there is enough gunplay & violence to satisfy any Western fan, the main characters never lose sight of God's leading in their lives.
November 7, 2018
Redemption Tales book 2
Redeeming Trail by George McVey. Thrilling tale full of adventure and sweet romance but I wasn't thrilled with the ending.
Redeeming Trail by George McVey. Thrilling tale full of adventure and sweet romance but I wasn't thrilled with the ending.
November 12, 2018
Great👍👍👍
I absolutely Love this series! The preacher and his personal struggle to be honest with himself in his failings and the forgiveness of himself is a true sermon of life. 💜💜💜
I absolutely Love this series! The preacher and his personal struggle to be honest with himself in his failings and the forgiveness of himself is a true sermon of life. 💜💜💜
January 8, 2014
Redeeming Trail is the second of what is promised to be more than a handful of Old West adventures of Nathan Ryder, sympathetic minister of the Gospel as well as scintillating gunfighter.
In summary (without giving away any of the action-packed ending!), Nathan and his new bride Grace organize and then lead a hodge-podge of folk wanting to take their chances in the Wild West. A group of former slaves who are led by a preacher much like Nathan are sufficiently countered by a rich and somewhat bigoted businessman and his family. In the first part of the novel, McVey builds this conflict to a satisfying and thought-provoking resolution.
Another interesting set of characters are the famous denizens of the Old West that the travelers encounter along the way. The chapter that focused on Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse brought back fond memories of learning about these two leaders of the Sioux Nation.
McVey's style of revealing Nathan's motivations along with the motivations of more than a few of the major characters is at times a bit verbose. It may have sufficed to simply allow the reader to discern Lucy's motivations, for example, via her words and actions. But this is a minor issue and it does not take away from enjoying the narrative.
The author also takes a few other "liberties" with historical fact, but since this is merely a work of entertaining, and spiritually-uplifting, fiction, who's to say that it matters that much? (Ever thought about where the "spork" came from?")
Overall, I enjoyed reading the PDF version that Mr. McVey sent to me and look forward to reading the rest of Nathan's adventures!
In summary (without giving away any of the action-packed ending!), Nathan and his new bride Grace organize and then lead a hodge-podge of folk wanting to take their chances in the Wild West. A group of former slaves who are led by a preacher much like Nathan are sufficiently countered by a rich and somewhat bigoted businessman and his family. In the first part of the novel, McVey builds this conflict to a satisfying and thought-provoking resolution.
Another interesting set of characters are the famous denizens of the Old West that the travelers encounter along the way. The chapter that focused on Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse brought back fond memories of learning about these two leaders of the Sioux Nation.
McVey's style of revealing Nathan's motivations along with the motivations of more than a few of the major characters is at times a bit verbose. It may have sufficed to simply allow the reader to discern Lucy's motivations, for example, via her words and actions. But this is a minor issue and it does not take away from enjoying the narrative.
The author also takes a few other "liberties" with historical fact, but since this is merely a work of entertaining, and spiritually-uplifting, fiction, who's to say that it matters that much? (Ever thought about where the "spork" came from?")
Overall, I enjoyed reading the PDF version that Mr. McVey sent to me and look forward to reading the rest of Nathan's adventures!
June 5, 2013
"Redeeming Trail" by Pastor George McVey gets 5 stars from me. I enjoyed this story, the 2nd in the Redemption Tales series, although it wasn't as exciting as the first book, but that is because they are traveling to Redemption. But the middle part really starts getting exciting when they found out who they hired for the scout. The ending makes me anxiously waiting for the 3rd book in this series to see if they captured the villian.
This book continues with Nathan Ryder continuing his journey to Redemption to be the new pastor. This is the story of the people he is traveling with in the wagon train. I love how he finally convinces others that the Negro's are just people like the rest of us and in God's eyes we are all the same. The evil gunslinger Diamond Dale makes trouble for Nathan all through the book. There are heartaches and joys in this book. My heart was actually broken for Lucy's parents and others when she is no longer a part of the wagon train. Why was my heart broken and why wasn't she a part of the train any longer, READ THE STORY AND YOU WILL KNOW AND YOU WILL PROBABLY BE SAD BUT YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU READ THE BOOK! But at the end of the story your heart will rejoice with the people of Redemption, and like me will be waiting for book 3. I did not like westerns till I starting reading this series!
I was given a pdf copy by the author for my honest review.
This book continues with Nathan Ryder continuing his journey to Redemption to be the new pastor. This is the story of the people he is traveling with in the wagon train. I love how he finally convinces others that the Negro's are just people like the rest of us and in God's eyes we are all the same. The evil gunslinger Diamond Dale makes trouble for Nathan all through the book. There are heartaches and joys in this book. My heart was actually broken for Lucy's parents and others when she is no longer a part of the wagon train. Why was my heart broken and why wasn't she a part of the train any longer, READ THE STORY AND YOU WILL KNOW AND YOU WILL PROBABLY BE SAD BUT YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU READ THE BOOK! But at the end of the story your heart will rejoice with the people of Redemption, and like me will be waiting for book 3. I did not like westerns till I starting reading this series!
I was given a pdf copy by the author for my honest review.
April 15, 2016
Redeeming Trail Book 2, Redemption Tails by George H. McVey, Sr.
I so enjoyed the first book in this series, when my Audible membership allowed me a new credit to buy another audiobook I chose this one!
I was so happy to see that the narrator was the same! As I said in the review of George’s first book in this series, “As soon as the audiobook started, I was hooked! The rich deep western voice was like a mother’s melody to me! I was instantly transported and the words of this wonderful story came alive for me!” This tale finishes off where the last one ended! Finally, they are on the trail with a Wagon Train and the Preacher is the wagon master! But trouble follows him to New Mexico! All around the Sante Fe Trail there is conflict between the members of the Wagon Train as well as outlaws in the surrounding towns and forts! Keeping his wits about him the Preacher refers to the teaching from his Grandpa over and over again! We hear more prayers in this book but not as many people turn to put their faith in Christ! All of the new converts from the last book are on the Wagon Train so this story is about their walk and reliance on God in the midst of their daily lives! I can’t wait to read (or listen) to the next book in this series! Great job George!
I so enjoyed the first book in this series, when my Audible membership allowed me a new credit to buy another audiobook I chose this one!
I was so happy to see that the narrator was the same! As I said in the review of George’s first book in this series, “As soon as the audiobook started, I was hooked! The rich deep western voice was like a mother’s melody to me! I was instantly transported and the words of this wonderful story came alive for me!” This tale finishes off where the last one ended! Finally, they are on the trail with a Wagon Train and the Preacher is the wagon master! But trouble follows him to New Mexico! All around the Sante Fe Trail there is conflict between the members of the Wagon Train as well as outlaws in the surrounding towns and forts! Keeping his wits about him the Preacher refers to the teaching from his Grandpa over and over again! We hear more prayers in this book but not as many people turn to put their faith in Christ! All of the new converts from the last book are on the Wagon Train so this story is about their walk and reliance on God in the midst of their daily lives! I can’t wait to read (or listen) to the next book in this series! Great job George!
June 5, 2013
Wagon's Ho
“The Preacher”, Nathan Ryder and his new wife, Grace are finally on their way to Redemption to start their new life. With some old friends, a wealthy eastern family and a bunch of freed slaves, they’ve set out for the New Mexico Territory. The Santa Fe Trail is dangerous in the best of times, even for the most experienced Wagon Masters and Scouts. Add a gunslinger determined to have a showdown with “The Preacher” to the normal dangers of the trail and you have a recipe for Adventure.
Shoot-outs, easterners who refuse to learn to live in the West, Indians and even trail side births all test every skill Nugget Nate taught Nathan. Can he overcome all obstacles and reach Redemption? If he does will there even be a Redemption to arrive at? Or will his new enemy destroy any chance Nathan has of a peaceful life as a Circuit Riding Preacher? The answers can only be found on the Redeeming Trail.
“The Preacher”, Nathan Ryder and his new wife, Grace are finally on their way to Redemption to start their new life. With some old friends, a wealthy eastern family and a bunch of freed slaves, they’ve set out for the New Mexico Territory. The Santa Fe Trail is dangerous in the best of times, even for the most experienced Wagon Masters and Scouts. Add a gunslinger determined to have a showdown with “The Preacher” to the normal dangers of the trail and you have a recipe for Adventure.
Shoot-outs, easterners who refuse to learn to live in the West, Indians and even trail side births all test every skill Nugget Nate taught Nathan. Can he overcome all obstacles and reach Redemption? If he does will there even be a Redemption to arrive at? Or will his new enemy destroy any chance Nathan has of a peaceful life as a Circuit Riding Preacher? The answers can only be found on the Redeeming Trail.
September 29, 2013
I loved this, the second installment of George Mcvey's Redemption trilogy. Nathen Ryder and his wife Grace settle into married life as they travel to Redemption. Nathen heads up a wagon train full of characters. Trouble follows Nathen and his friend Black Bart Cody forcing them to continue to live up to their reputation as gunslingers...will they ever know peace?
April 4, 2016
Fun series to read! Christian Western with a little bit of romance and definitely history! I read the first book Redeeming Reputation and hurried to read this book because I wanted to continue the journey with the characters Mr. McVey developed. Would recommend this book to all that want a taste of the old westerns!
April 5, 2014
Loved the second book in the series, as I suspected after reading the first. Love the characters and their purpose. Great blending of western action with a Christian pastor and the struggles he has. Have to get the third book now.
March 29, 2016
Redeeming Trail was a great sequel in the Redemption Tails series. Romance, danger, outlaws, Indians and suspense; add in a wagon train on it's way west makes for good reading. Can't wait to read the rest of the series.
March 30, 2016
Great Read! This is entertainment at its best. I love the action and suspense! Good independent authors are hard to find, and I am now a fan of this one.
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