Texas Dust

by Jory Sherman

Returning home to carnage and bloodshed, Joby Redmond, thinking he had seen the last of Zeke Popper after putting him in prison, sets out to exact revenge against the man responsible for slaughtering his horses, brutalizing his sister, and kidnapping his wife. Original.

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 6, 2004

About the author

Jory Sherman was born in Minnesota and grew up in West Texas, Louisiana, and Colorado. He was a magazine editor for a time and had some of his work published, including some poetry, short stories and articles. Sherman had a friend who owned a publishing company and asked him to write a novel for the company. From that offer came five more novels, all written in one year. He wrote the supernatural mystery series, "Chill," which was somewhat revolutionary for the times, but which earned him an eight book contract. He then came up with the idea for "Rivers West," a series which had each book written by a different western author. Then came the "Baron Saga," the first of which was "Grass Kingdom" which earned Sherman a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters. Sherman has also won the Spur Award for his contribution to Western Literature.

Reviews

[Doug · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like Jory Sherman's westerns, and this one is probably the best one I've read so far. The black hats here were horrible people who you wanted to see meet a violent end, and all of the good guys were very complex and interesting characters. And as usual, Sherman ends the book leaving you feeling unfullfilled with the outcome, which at first I thought was poor writing, but now think he is making a statement about the hollowness of finally getting your revenge.