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Hell Hole
Bass Reeves is back! If you're a fan of L'Amour, Kelton, Buroughs and Grey, you'll love HELL HOLE - the third novel in the best selling and award winning Bass Reeves saga in The Nations.
US Deputy Marshals, under Judge Issac Parker, The Hanging Judge, patrol the Indian Nations—the most dangerous place in the world in the late 19th century.
Bass Reeves and his partner, Jack McGann, are tasked to bring in the Griffin gang and clean out the cesspool of outlaws at a town known as Catoosa, the Hell Hole. Judge Parker wants "that bunch of societal paragons of miscreants and malefactors that are gathered there eliminated" and doesn't care how Bass and his men do it.
"Some call me one thing and some call me another…But mostly they call me Bass Reeves and this just ain't gonna be yer day, son."
They team up with Jack's godson, Texas Ranger Bodie Hickman and track the Griffin gang across half of Oklahoma Territory recovering two kidnapped young ladies, and then back into the Hell Hole with their orders of "Bring them in alive…or bring them in dead."
US Deputy Marshals, under Judge Issac Parker, The Hanging Judge, patrol the Indian Nations—the most dangerous place in the world in the late 19th century.
Bass Reeves and his partner, Jack McGann, are tasked to bring in the Griffin gang and clean out the cesspool of outlaws at a town known as Catoosa, the Hell Hole. Judge Parker wants "that bunch of societal paragons of miscreants and malefactors that are gathered there eliminated" and doesn't care how Bass and his men do it.
"Some call me one thing and some call me another…But mostly they call me Bass Reeves and this just ain't gonna be yer day, son."
They team up with Jack's godson, Texas Ranger Bodie Hickman and track the Griffin gang across half of Oklahoma Territory recovering two kidnapped young ladies, and then back into the Hell Hole with their orders of "Bring them in alive…or bring them in dead."
376 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 30, 2014
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About the author
Ken Farmer
73 books55 followersKen Farmer didn't write his first full novel until he was sixty-nine years of age. He often wonders what the hell took him so long. At age seventy-nine…he's currently working on novel number thirty-seven.
Ken spent thirty years raising cattle and quarter horses in Texas and forty-five years as a professional actor (after a stint in the Marine Corps). Those years gave him a background for storytelling…or as he has been known to say, "I've always been a bit of a bull---t artist, so writing novels kind of came naturally once it occurred to me I could put my stories down on paper."
Ken's writing style has been likened to a combination of Louis L'Amour and Terry C. Johnston with an occasional Hitchcockian twist…now that's a combination.
In addition to his love for writing fiction, he likes to teach acting, voice-over and writing workshops. His favorite expression is: "Just tell the damn story."
Writing has become Ken's second life: he has been a Marine, played collegiate football, been a Texas wildcatter, cattle and horse rancher, professional film and TV actor and director, and now…a novelist. Who knew?
Ken Farmer's dialogue flows like a beautiful western river…it's the gold standard…Carole Beers
Ken spent thirty years raising cattle and quarter horses in Texas and forty-five years as a professional actor (after a stint in the Marine Corps). Those years gave him a background for storytelling…or as he has been known to say, "I've always been a bit of a bull---t artist, so writing novels kind of came naturally once it occurred to me I could put my stories down on paper."
Ken's writing style has been likened to a combination of Louis L'Amour and Terry C. Johnston with an occasional Hitchcockian twist…now that's a combination.
In addition to his love for writing fiction, he likes to teach acting, voice-over and writing workshops. His favorite expression is: "Just tell the damn story."
Writing has become Ken's second life: he has been a Marine, played collegiate football, been a Texas wildcatter, cattle and horse rancher, professional film and TV actor and director, and now…a novelist. Who knew?
Ken Farmer's dialogue flows like a beautiful western river…it's the gold standard…Carole Beers
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October 10, 2016
WOW! I am glad to be going back to "catch up" on the middle of THE NATIONS series when I slipped in 2014 to catch up with other authors. Farmer does a great job now as the sole author of this great western saga. The descriptions of Texas and Oklahoma are as riveting as Bendell's word pictures of southern Colorado. Marine veteran Farmer continues this western "morality play" with really good and heroic protagonists fighting really evil and cowardly antagonists. The research into the post Civil War American Old West is very evident. The weapons and fight scenes appear very authentic. And not meant to be a spoiler alert - but the "good guys" win and the "bad guys" lose.
April 12, 2020
A KF. Oklahoma Territory Western Action Adventure (HH) (TNB - 3)
KF. has penned an Oklahoma Territory western action adventure titled, "Hell Hole" which begins with a robbery and a near train wreck. Bass Reeves and company are involved in a mission to bing down
the gang that attempted to rob the train, but did rob the bank in the next town. They will have to go into the area known as Hell Hole to apprehend the wanted men. This an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
KF. has penned an Oklahoma Territory western action adventure titled, "Hell Hole" which begins with a robbery and a near train wreck. Bass Reeves and company are involved in a mission to bing down
the gang that attempted to rob the train, but did rob the bank in the next town. They will have to go into the area known as Hell Hole to apprehend the wanted men. This an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
April 18, 2019
Hell Hole
The Nations stories never disappoint, they just get better and better. A gang of outlaws make the mistake of getting Marshal Bass Reeves on their trail. Reeves and several other Marshals vow to bring
them in dead or alive.
The Nations stories never disappoint, they just get better and better. A gang of outlaws make the mistake of getting Marshal Bass Reeves on their trail. Reeves and several other Marshals vow to bring
them in dead or alive.
December 22, 2019
I like this author
Another good read Ken Farmer creates a fun easy to read book with interesting characters. If you like and try his work. You'll like it
Another good read Ken Farmer creates a fun easy to read book with interesting characters. If you like and try his work. You'll like it
April 17, 2017
"LAWMEN ON THE PLAINS"
Another GREAT adventure of Bass Reeves, Bodie,
Ben Lightfoot all feared lawmen of the growing west. You all know the saying.."they always get their man..." but carrying out their duties as lawmen comes with the possibilities of certain death.. But they are all dedicated lawmen who take their jobs seriously and they have each other's backs and the trust that's needed for each other...keep your LUCIFERS DRY and your coffee hot...🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵
Another GREAT adventure of Bass Reeves, Bodie,
Ben Lightfoot all feared lawmen of the growing west. You all know the saying.."they always get their man..." but carrying out their duties as lawmen comes with the possibilities of certain death.. But they are all dedicated lawmen who take their jobs seriously and they have each other's backs and the trust that's needed for each other...keep your LUCIFERS DRY and your coffee hot...🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵
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