The Road to a Hanging
- 198pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Begins with the last battle of the Civil War and follows an action-filled trail through the turbulent aftermath, when ex-slaves found freedom an empty word, and peace was more a hope than a realty.
Mike Kearby intreccia un ricco arazzo di esperienze nella sua narrativa, attingendo da una carriera diversificata che include un periodo nell'industria e un decennio di insegnamento di inglese e lettura. Questa prospettiva unica informa la sua esplorazione di temi umani complessi. La sua prolifica produzione spazia attraverso avvincenti western, horror agghiacciante e fantascienza che invita alla riflessione, dimostrando una versatile padronanza del genere. Kearby crea costantemente narrazioni avvincenti con personaggi distintivi.
Begins with the last battle of the Civil War and follows an action-filled trail through the turbulent aftermath, when ex-slaves found freedom an empty word, and peace was more a hope than a realty.
James Kensing is known far and wide as the Army's best tracker and killer of Comanches, and he has never stopped searching for his brother, who was captured by the Comanches as a boy. But his brother has grown and has been trained as a killer too--a killer of white men.
The year is 1874 and the plains of Texas are on the brink of war. This final book of the Free Anderson-Parks Scott trilogy finds the men caught up in the conflict as the military and native people prepare to clash over societal rights. Ambush at Mustang Canyon provides the harsh relaity of each side's destiny in the settlement of the West.
Free Anderson's wife, Clara, is kidnapped by outlaw, Tig Hardy. Free and his sidekick, Parks Scott attempt to rescue her in a life and death showdown.