Six-Gun Samurai: Bushido Vengeance

Six-Gun Samurai #2

by Patrick Lee

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, book two in the series starts out good enough, but about halfway through it starts to drag. Then, towards the end we have a courtroom drama. I'm not fond at all of these, really. The book is short enough to have been a little more fast paced. Not all that bad. It did have some nice action.

Tanaka Tom Fletcher, The Six-Gun Samurai is on his vengeance trail when he teams up with two tribes of Apaches who are being done over for their land that has gold on it. It just so happens that the man in charge of the plan to take their land is a man who raped the samurai's mother and sister. Small world.

[Frank McGirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was exactly what I wanted it to be. I like the idea of pulp-fiction more often than I actually enjoy it, but this was just pure fun. The pacing was quick, the dialogue just campy enough, and the plot actually fairly clever. I actually read some passages out loud as the western dialect blended with the plain-spoken American samurai. Add a few sprinkles of exotic cultures and a dash of satire, and this rose well above my expectations.

I picked up two more volumes along with this, and I will continue to follow Tanaka Tom's quest for vengeance!

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tanaka continues his road to revenging the death of his American family. He is adapting to eating meat and loving it. He now has a lady companion that he saved from death. He slayed them with his sword, headless, limbless his superior swordmanship displayed elegantly. He will also throw shurikens perfecting into throats shedding blood. He will get involved with two native American tribes and become their instructor/mentor and he is bestowed with becoming a native American. He will organize guns a job that is beneath his samurai status but they are an essential weapon for victory. He will wear a ninja outfit ( ridiculous but also hilarious) as he is a samurai. And impregnate a native American women. A drop in fun, brutality and quality compared to the OG.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

As long as belief is suspended a bit (OK, maybe more than a bit), this paperback is a pretty entertaining read.

[Barry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book even more than the first of the series. Within its pages was more information concerning the history of Tom Fletcher. Fast reading enjoyable book but should be read in sequence