Gathering Storm

by Lauran Paine

THE GLORY OF THE OLD WEST!The two novels collected in this exciting volume capture perfectly the power and magic of Lauran Paine's work. His characters come alive, his plots create suspense, and his descriptions of the Old West are second to none. The title character in The Calexico Kid is a bandit who remains a mystery. Even those who have seen him cannot agree on what he looks like. How, then, can anyone bring him to justice? In Gathering Storm, two gunfighters arrive in a quiet range town within minutes of each other. One gunfighter in town is bad enough, but two can only mean trouble. Deadly trouble.

198 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 6, 2003

About the author

aka John Armour, Reg Batchelor, Kenneth Bedford, Frank Bosworth, Mark Carrel, Claude Cassady, Richard Clarke, Richard Dana, J F Drexler, Troy Howard, Jared Ingersol, John Kilgore, Hunter Liggett, J K Lucas, John Morgan (many more).

Lauran Bosworth Paine (born February 25, 1916 in Duluth, Minnesota – 2003 in California) was an American writer of Western fiction. Paine wrote over 900 books, including hundreds of Westerns as well as romance, science fiction, and mystery novels. He also wrote a number of non-fiction books on the Old West, military history, witchcraft, and other subjects.

His apprenticeship as a Western writer came about through the years he spent in the livestock trade, rodeos, and even motion pictures where he served as an extra because of his expert horsemanship.

Reviews

[Kellyt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would give it a 3.9 if possible. The 1st story of “The Calexico Kid” was short and just OK, “Gathering Storm” was longer and much better.