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Fiction. Western. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML: The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century Duff MacCallister is heir to a fierce family of fighting Scotsmen. In a new land, in the extraordinary new saga by bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, Duff gives new meaning to the words without mercy. Cut Off The Head�??The Beast Will Die. The Indians around Fort Laramie, Wyoming are peaceful. Or so it has seemed�??until killers ambush a detail of U.S. soldiers and an officer's wife. One man, an ambitious cavalry officer, flees the carnage and lives to tell the story�??his own story, an outright lie. When Duff MacCallister and a few brave men go after the attackers, they discover the officer's wife is very much alive and at the cold merciless hands of the sadistic warrior Yellow Hawk. To free the woman, Duff touches off a fierce battle. And when he finds himself surrounded by the blood-crazed renegades, MacCallister knows there is only one way out�??by going after Yellow Hawk himself. . . First Time In Pri… (more)
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Author: William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone
Pages: 352
Year: 2013
Publisher: Pinnacle
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars.
Picture this: A cavalry officer concerned only about his own self-promoting. What lengths will he go to and who suffers
Readers will enjoy learning about a time in Duff’s life when selling cattle, he comes across that self-promoting cavalry officer. Duff is taking cattle to sell to the army along with Elmer and Meaghan who own half the herd they’re selling. There is tension throughout the book that centers mainly on what happens at the fort, with occasional scenes happening elsewhere. The talent and ability General Pershing saw way back then he now sees now in Duff’s boy.
Interspersed with the telling from the point of view of General Pershing, readers are switched from back in time when the General was a Lt. to the current action that the General oversees. The cavalry officer is one male character who isn’t hard to dislike nor look forward to him getting his comeuppance. The officer’s wife, Sue, is captured and the only remaining survivor of those on the way to another fort where her husband has been sent.
There is so much going on in the story that this review can’t reveal everything. I hope it is enough for you to grab a copy of the book and enjoy. So far, out of the whole MacCallister: The Eagles Legacy series, this is my favorite. The use of flashback makes it an engaging read that I couldn’t put down. I wanted to discover what would happen to Duff, Elmer, Meaghan, Duff Jr. and others. I wanted to see if, when and how that pompous officer would get his act straightened out.
Don’t miss this book or the other previous ones: MacCallister: The Eagles Legacy and The Killing.
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