Prairie Fire

Luke Jensen: Bounty Hunter #9

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

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The Greatest Western Writers of the 21st century present the ninth chapter in their USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling series featuring Luke Jensen, the long-lost brother of Mountain Man Smoke Jensen. A legend among bounty hunters, Luke Jensen is called to track down a deranged Yankee-turned-outlaw with a burning passion to torch the prairies, torment the townsfolks, and turn all he sees into a smoldering cinder ...

Johnstone Country. Ready, Aim, Kill.

CONTENTS MAY BE FLAMMABLE

In the darkest days of the Civil War, Neville Goldsmith set the world on fire. As Captain for the Union Army, he marched with General Sherman through Georgia, setting homes and cities ablaze with sadistic glee. For Goldsmith, starting fires was a lifelong obsession. And when the war ended, he set his sights on the great American West--to burn it all to the ground ...

Years later, Luke Jensen learns about a series of fires wreaking havoc from the Dakota Territory to Kansas. Each fire appears to be man-made--a way to distract the locals while outlaws rob their banks and loot their towns. The gang's leader is the demented firebug Goldsmith, along with an equally psychotic partner, Trask. As their fiery reign of terror rages out of control, Luke Jensen decides to do something crazy Infiltrate the gang--and fight fire with gunfire.

Genres: Westerns

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 25, 2022

About the author

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.

Reviews

[Tony Petry · Rating 4 out of 5]

All-out action through the entire book, I really enjoyed the story that the ghost writer gave us in this book.

[PottWab Regional Library]

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[Michael Morrison · Rating 2 out of 5]

Over-written and overly bloody, this seems another of the masses of books thrown together by what must be a committee, or more than one committee.
It's an action-packed story, with no deep character-development, and in need of better copy-editing.
In all my years of reading, I have never seen a book so full of blood and the ways it can exit a body, from splashing, spurting, to pouring and so many others.
Terribly over-done.
Plus, just one example, one damsel in distress is said to have blue eyes, but a few pages later she is described as having brown eyes.
Apparently the Johnstone franchise is now coasting on the Johnstone name, somewhat reminiscent of "The Executioner" series, which also branched out and added individual and team characters, with lots of action but no artistry. And even worse copy-editing.
Perhaps all the supposedly Johnstone books do no harm, and are fine for mindless reading, to kill time, to distract a reader from, say, the "news," or from mundane concerns, or perhaps they do do harm, with all the blood and the routineness of death and destruction. Surely that depends on the individual reader.
This individual reader will likely skip any future supposedly Johnstone books.

[Bill Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

While reading this series folks should remember that this is not William Johnstone writing these stories. I have read most of the books he wrote starting with the Preacher series, Mountain man, Eagles, and others. Did I enjoy this book? Yes I did. Was it as good as some others I read? No it was not. People complain its to bloody and that does not effect my rating at all. Most good westerns are. The story did take a change about three quarters of the way through that I agree did not make a whole lot of sense of why the writer would that. But I like the character Luke Jenson, have read all but one book in this series, and continue to read all the Jenson series. They are not like Mr. Johnstone would of written them, but I enjoy them and that's all that matters to me.

[David Burnworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luke is after former Colonel Neville Goldsmith, who has turned outlaw and uses fire to set up all of his outlawing. Goldsmith has a partner in crime who is his number two in the rank of the outlaw gang. Luke goes through hell and gets heated as Goldsmith and his gang burn towns, kill innocent citizens, and when Luke finally catches up to him, the outlaw gets away time and time again. The final showdown pits Luke and a half-crazed, tortured girl against the remaining gang members, including Godsmith. Who survives, if anyone, can only be found out by reading th ebook.

[Tori · Rating 1 out of 5]

This one may end my reading this series. So graphic, so bloody, and how the end happens with no logical way to it…obviously written by his relative, this one lacks the quality of the ones that William actually wrote. I found errors too as another’s review mentioned. “Pulp fiction” is all this one is, and I’m glad that I only paid for a used copy.

[Dirk Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book

As always Johnstone's books are a great read. I could hardly put it down. Lots and lots of action. I would recommend this book to everyone. They will enjoy reading this book.

[Derrick · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was excited to read this one, but the format I felt like has changed since the last one. After 1/4 of the book it went back to normal and had some interesting parts, but then got sad and def not my favorite.

[Robert Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read, the action doesn't stop I couldn't get enough the pace was excellent. Definitely worth buying

[Nolan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of murder and mayhem.

[Yalonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Luke Jensen is perhaps my current favorite Western character. I find him very relatable and human. I have to admit that I was worried about Luke in this one! Another thoroughly pleasant read :-)

[Kenton Hamilton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tipical Jenson stores Blood& Gut’s, Killing, Whores!!

[Bertina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lot's of action - way to much blood and gore for my liking

[John C. Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tons of action,nary a dull moment in this Luke Jensen entry.