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Jason Coles #1
Stone Hand
He moves as silently and invisibly as the wind, and strikes with the brute force of a hundred men. He is called Stone Hand, a legendary Cheyenne renegade whose very name instills terror in natives and white men alike. Now, as his bloodthirsty rampage reaches the Camp Supply settlement, an innocent young girl is taken as his hostage, with his demand nothing short of all of the Oklahoma Territory. Retired master tracker Jason Cole must now hunt down this evil incarnate—a hunt that soon becomes a violent test of strength, courage, and skill in this epic and unforgettable tale of the untamed American frontier.
- GenresWesterns
298 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 1998
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About the author
Charles G. West
71 books75 followersCharles G. West first arrived on the western literary scene in March, 1998 with his first novel, Stone Hand, published by Penguin under their Signet imprint. The book was the first of a three-book series, featuring Jason Coles, master tracker. The public response to those first three books called for more western fiction by West, and as of January 2014, Signet has published forty-five.
Inspired in his youth by great adventure authors like A.B. Guthrie and Vardis Fisher, West has always sought to be true to the men and women who braved the dangers of the savage frontier that was ultimately forged to become the American west. Novels by Charles G. West are classified as historical/westerns due to his diligent research in his subject matter, choosing to weave his fiction into the fabric of the actual places and events, being true to the times as well as the people. As a result, his protagonists are usually not heroes, but are often called upon to perform heroic deeds.
Insisting that his protagonists must be instilled with a sense of fairness in addition to courage. West readily admits that many of the characters in his books are patterned after his two sons, both of whom are graduates of the University of Montana, one still lives in Kalispell, Montana - and is the source of much of the author's detail on the ways of the mountain man. Both sons share West's love for the Big Sky Country.
Presently, the author resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, Ronda, whose name is found on the dedication page of every West novel.
Inspired in his youth by great adventure authors like A.B. Guthrie and Vardis Fisher, West has always sought to be true to the men and women who braved the dangers of the savage frontier that was ultimately forged to become the American west. Novels by Charles G. West are classified as historical/westerns due to his diligent research in his subject matter, choosing to weave his fiction into the fabric of the actual places and events, being true to the times as well as the people. As a result, his protagonists are usually not heroes, but are often called upon to perform heroic deeds.
Insisting that his protagonists must be instilled with a sense of fairness in addition to courage. West readily admits that many of the characters in his books are patterned after his two sons, both of whom are graduates of the University of Montana, one still lives in Kalispell, Montana - and is the source of much of the author's detail on the ways of the mountain man. Both sons share West's love for the Big Sky Country.
Presently, the author resides in Ocala, Florida with his wife, Ronda, whose name is found on the dedication page of every West novel.
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April 1, 2022
Super wonderful
Your first novel Charles! I am so impressed! I loved it so much I couldn’t put it down. It was not a simple story and for that I am grateful. It was complex and mysterious and plenty of drama.
Your first novel Charles! I am so impressed! I loved it so much I couldn’t put it down. It was not a simple story and for that I am grateful. It was complex and mysterious and plenty of drama.
September 9, 2017
Jason Coles is a tracker who met his match against the renegade Indian, Stone Hand.
October 9, 2017
good read page turner
July 20, 2008
This is Mr. West's second published novel, the first I read.
I worked for the author's brother twenty-five years ago and he still lives here in Eden, NC, though now retired.
I worked for the author's brother twenty-five years ago and he still lives here in Eden, NC, though now retired.
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