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The Gunfighter #2
Blood of the Hunters
In this compelling new installment of bestseller Ralph Compton's The Gunfighters series, a man driven by the destruction of his family seeks to protect a woman and her children from a band of desperados.
John Stockbridge was once a peaceful man of medicine. Now, he's better known as Dr. Vengeance, a man who is as fast with a shotgun as any other gunfighter is with a six-gun. The murders of his wife and child left him with an aching hole where his soul once was. His only solace comes from wandering the West.
Along the way, he encounters a woman and her two children searching for their missing fur-trapper husband/father in the Rockies. In the process, they run afoul of some foul former Confederates who have amassed money and local power by robbing those traveling west through a mountain pass. While searching for the missing trapper -- and aided by a Mexican mountain man and an independent woman who works at the local hotel-- Stockbridge must take down the vicious highwaymen one by one.
John Stockbridge was once a peaceful man of medicine. Now, he's better known as Dr. Vengeance, a man who is as fast with a shotgun as any other gunfighter is with a six-gun. The murders of his wife and child left him with an aching hole where his soul once was. His only solace comes from wandering the West.
Along the way, he encounters a woman and her two children searching for their missing fur-trapper husband/father in the Rockies. In the process, they run afoul of some foul former Confederates who have amassed money and local power by robbing those traveling west through a mountain pass. While searching for the missing trapper -- and aided by a Mexican mountain man and an independent woman who works at the local hotel-- Stockbridge must take down the vicious highwaymen one by one.
- GenresWesterns
288 pages, Paperback
First published May 5, 2020
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April 30, 2021
Good plot mired by details
As western novels go, this is a fast pace action packed plot. The dialogue is written well but the details are often clumsy. Often, a scene is described that simply confused the imagination or an unnecessary detail distracts a moment of action. Character development and entrance into the plot is also weak as though the author struggled with the plot and fixed it by adding another character. There are many other Louis L'Amour or Ralph Compton books to enjoy beside this one.
As western novels go, this is a fast pace action packed plot. The dialogue is written well but the details are often clumsy. Often, a scene is described that simply confused the imagination or an unnecessary detail distracts a moment of action. Character development and entrance into the plot is also weak as though the author struggled with the plot and fixed it by adding another character. There are many other Louis L'Amour or Ralph Compton books to enjoy beside this one.
July 29, 2020
Just a nice cowboy love story.
January 20, 2021
Very good book with a great ending.
August 2, 2024
Not bad. Not 5 stars or 2 stars but it held my interest. As per the usual story line good triumphs over evil with a happy ending. I’d recommend this one.
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