Sunset Rider

by Jory Sherman

After killing the man responsible for murdering his father in cold blood, Johnny Stagg leaves his home, with a vicious gang of angry outlaws out to even the score. Original.

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 7, 2002

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

[Tyler Cole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read a half a dozen novels by Rory Sherman, all good and entertaining, but this book might be the best so far. Untypical western that takes place in 1834 when flint lock was the weapon of choice.