Haunted by the ghosts of the past, pursued by an implacable foe, Tomas and Elzeth finally meet a warrior they can't defeat. Book 4 in the international Amazon best-selling fantasy!
Tomas is on the run.
Hunted by the church, the Family, and the marshals, there are few safe places left, even on the frontier. He flees, plagued by regrets, questioning the choices that made him the most wanted man in the west.
As ghosts from his past rise from the grave, Tomas comes face-to-face with a new foe, a host who stands for everything Tomas has fought against. A monster blinded by faith.
Tomas must confront his past if he hopes to have a future.
This is the fourth book in the Last Sword in the West series, written by Ryan Kirk who is in my opinion one of the top fantasy writers in the new breed.
Once again pretty much everyone wants Thomas dead, the Church want to use him and kill him, and the Family want him gone. He has left Angela for her own safety, and moved further west to prevent the death and disaster that seems to trail in his wake affecting her and her town. Searching for a little peace in the wilderness he tries to avoid people as far as possible. Still, wherever he goes you know full well that they just will not let him be.
So, who wants him dead? Who wants to use him? Who are the people from his past coming back into his life and trying to capture or kill him? Who is using them as a weapon against him and why?
Gripping from start to finish, I was frankly devastated when the book ended. It almost seemed too soon, yet that is almost certainly because it gripped the whole way through and I was so engrossed that time slipped by without my noticing. Hopefully Ryan will be writing more in the series, because there is so much more clearly to come before Thomas is finished.
If you have not yet read the series, go out and get it. If you have already read the earlier books, don't miss out on this one! A genuine five stars, and well worth twice the price in my view.
It’s not common that after the 4th installment in a series that the story still is as good as the first. Well, almost as good as the first. Still, that’s saying a lot. I really like the character development of the protagonist, the story arch of course, the antagonist. On to the next!