Slaughterday

Edge #24

by George G. Gilman

Edge arrives in Carol County, Nebraska, where posters are displayed asking people to vote for the mayor and town council of a neighboring town.
Caught in a sudden rainstorm, the half-breed takes shelter in a building where he meets a young couple - Laura and Dan Warren – who are on the run from a posse sent after them by the town’s sheriff, Gene Stanton. They begin to tell Edge about the crooked election when shots explode and three deputies ride up. The Warrens kill one man and steal the horses. Edge claims a mount and they all leave for the election headquarters.

Genres: Westerns

168 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1977

About the author

A pseudonym used by Terry Harknett.

Edge (61 books as George G. Gilman)
Adam Steele (49 books as George G. Gilman)
Edge Meets Adam Steele (3 books as George G. Gilman)
The Undertaker (6 books as George G. Gilman)

Reviews

[Bill Riggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edge finds himself caught up in the middle of a crooked election in a town called Democracy. Edge simply wants to buy a horse, but people keep pissing him off and he has to shoot them. With political struggles pulling the town apart their only hope is the one man who doesn’t give a damn about anyone else, unless they are pointing a gun at him. Hired gunslingers, drunk Indians, crooked politicians all come to the polls in a firestorm of bullets and blood.

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edge wanders into a town in the middle of a political struggle. One side is the son of a shady land baron who previously ran the town, the other a newcomer who hires mercenaries as deputies and promises to sell the land to the townspeople. With murky motivation, Edge settles in a hotel and shoots anyone that pisses him off.

Edge aligns himself with a black hotel owner, and the two discover that the prior landowner has paid of some vicious drunk Sioux Indians as muscle. Everyone quickly figures out this is a bad idea, and all parties band together to face an invasion.

Some gruesome Indian torture and almost a full page description of the effects of a double barreled shotgun against a human torso. This is my first Edge book, and I was less than impressed by the reputed humor of the character, consisting mostly of wry anachronistic puns.

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[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

The strangest Edge I've read. It seemed almost like it was written by someone else. Edge, very much out of character, ends up helping a town against a Sioux uprising. Throughout he shows concern for others that the character doesn't typically show. Gonna have to see what I can find out about this book.

[Richard Guerrero · Rating 3 out of 5]

The series is starting to wear on me a little bit, but again, overall a good western read. For the record, in my library this book is actually called “The Day democracy Died“.

[Seth Tomko · Rating 3 out of 5]

My full video review of Slaughterday can be found by clicking the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpl51...