The Vigilante

The Vigilante #3

by Jory Sherman

When the law turns a blind eye on the crimes of Wiley Pope and Fritz Canby, the scions of two of the wealthiest families in the territory, Lew Zane launches his own campaign for justice against the two men who murdered his parents.

Genres: Westerns, Fiction

333 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

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'm surprised to see that the last three westerns I've read all have had white covers. That's an interesting phenomenon, and something I'll have to keep my eye on. Just finished Nate Coffin's Revenge...that was a good one. I'll probably look up a few of the author's other books. Now I'm on to the sequel of The Vigilante book I read. I just started it and noticed that it begins exactly where the last one ended. And by exactly, I mean, the first sentence of this one could be put after the last sentence of the last one and make total sense.

[Jan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Western with action, horses and a girl.

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt that this book was too cliché. The characters didn't feel that strong to me, could have been developed better. It seemed pretty obvious from the beginning of the book what the ending would be.

[Tyler Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written and entertaining.