Silverado

Spectros

by Paul Lederer

The origins of a timeless blood feud are revealed in the second installment of the uncanny and enthralling Spectros series When a ship sinks off the coast of India, a lone survivor washes ashore—a mysterious young man from the American West. Taking refuge among the local nobility, the man falls in love with the daughter of the Yahif. But on the eve of her wedding, Kirstina is kidnapped by the sinister and supernatural Blackschuster. To save his beloved, the American immerses himself in the dark arts and is reborn as a mighty Dr. Spectros.   In the last car of a train bound for the Old West, two railroad employees discover Kirstina inside a glass coffin, alive but trapped in eternal sleep. Blackschuster kills the porters and escapes with his prisoner as Spectros follows in close pursuit. With the help of a handsome gunslinger, a mute giant, and a knife expert, the doctor will rescue his bride from the clutches of evil or die trying. Luckily, he has a powerful weapon on his the ability to transform himself into Kid Soledad, master gunfighter.  

180 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 30, 2014

About the author

Paul Joseph Lederer wrote more than 250 novels, many of them Westerns. He was born in Ocean Beach, CA, attended San Diego State University, served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War, and lived in La Mesa, CA, until he passed away in 2016.

His work can also be found under the names Paul Joseph Lederer, Logan Winters, Owen G. Irons, C. J. Sommers, and Elizabeth Wolfe. In recent years, many of these books have been reprinted as by Paul Lederer.

Lederer wrote most of the adult western series Shelter as Paul Ledd and Ruff Justice as Warren T. Longtree. He also wrote for the Easy Company and Lone Star series.

Reviews

[Éric Kasprak · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was disapointed to give the first Spectros book (Showdown at Guyamas) only 2 stars, but sadly I have to do the same thing with the second book Silverado. I was not able to connect with the author writing style at all. The Spectros series seems to promise everything I dream of in a western: Action, occult magic, mystery and colorful characters. But somehow the storytelling is totally disjointed, bland and nothing kept my interest alive. Paul Lederer has written many western under many pseudonyms, and I hope that he change his writing style with each pseudonyms because I would like to eventually benefit from his voluminous ouput.