Sidewinder

Sidewinder #1

by Jory Sherman

Cattle rancher Brad Storm was tracking one of his herd when fate set him within striking distance of a rattlesnake. Bitten and poisoned, he sent the serpent to meet its Maker but then lost consciousness. Saved by a Hopi medicine who believes Brad has inherited the spirit of the snake, he is given a new name -- Sidewinder. Brad doesn't believe in spirits, but when rustlers torch his ranch, steal his cattle, and kidnap his wife, Brad embraces his new identity.

Genres: Westerns

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

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

[Joe Stout · Rating 3 out of 5]

SIDEWINDERS
By Jory Sheridan

⚰️⚰️⚰️/5

I like the idea of this book, but I think there were some struggles in the execution.

Sheridan gives us a wonderful setting, a solid plot, and some great characters. But the way he brings them together didn’t work for me.

The characters never quite seemed to mesh, and even when they were close, their actions and interactions didn’t quite work. It was almost as if you took a group of random folks off the street and stuck them into the roles. They may be able to make it *work,* but it won’t feel quite right.

I did enjoy the ending, and I’m interested to read the next book in the series, but it wasn’t a guarantee until they reached Oro City.

[Nolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good story. I enjoyed reading it. Has rattlesnakes, Indians, cattle rustlers, cattle butchers, kidnappers and this story sets a person up to have to read the next one in this series called Death Rattle.

[Tyler Cole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jory Sherman knows how to put a good and entertaining story together.