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Dry Road to Nowhere de William W. Johnstone
de William W. Johnstone - Género: English
Sinopsis
JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. TRAVEL AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Some call it the most dangerous stagecoach in the West. But the hard-driving owners of the Frontier Overland Company will get you where you want to goif you don't mind a detour through hell . . .
The Civil War is over. But Wyoming Territory is still a battleground for the native tribes who live there. Most folks avoid the area like the plague.
But not former Texas Ranger Butch Keeler and his saloon fight buddy Tucker Cobb. They figured Wyoming would be the perfect place to launch the Frontier Overland Companya rough-and-ready stagecoach operation that dares to go where others fear to tread. Butch and Cobb aren't afraid of muchbut their next stagecoach trip could change all that. And it just might be their last . . .
The passengers are good people: Colonel McBride, who's delivering much-needed supplies to Fort Washington, and his lovely niece, who wants to visit her dying father. Even...
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In William Johnston's Dry Road to Nowhere (Pinnacle 2024), Book 2 of the Frontier Overland Company, Former Texas Ranger Butch Keeler and his buddy Tucker Cobb start their own stagecoach line, eager to be their own boss without someone else making the decisions. Book 1 tells of a somewhat rocky but successful start. Book 2 picks up as they become blacklisted by King Charles Hagen, the power house rich guy in the area who won't take no for an answer when he tells them he is going to buy them out. When they refuse, Hagen decides it'll be just as easy to run them out of business. Butch and Tucker don't quit, doing everything possible to attract what business they can and survive until--hopefully--Hagen will give up. The stakes get deadly when the woman Cobb is in love with--a soiled dove--becomes part of Hagen's plan to drive the the feisty stagecoach owners off the map.
It's a good story, a bit predictable at times, a few spots where plot points seem forced rather than organic, but it is kept interesting by the uncommon nature of the two main characters. I would more details about running a stage coach line in the late 1800s since this isn't a storyline covered in many other old west books. Overall, a good read and I had no problem finishing the book.2 s Rob Smith, Jr.1,214 25
First, the title doesn't fit the book. The volume is so well done, it deserves a more related moniker.
This is the first Johnstone Clan series that is working as a serial. This is the 2nd entry and, as the book ends, there will be a 3rd. That's fine with me. This series is in my top 5 of the current Johnstone Clan books.
This one has the buddies in a few adventures and is written smoothly to the point, at the end, it's hard to imagine that the book had started with indians and defending a fort. The bulk of the book is a very well written story of two men immersed in the chaos brought by an unseen enemy and those that work for him. The bouncing back and forth to two cities and bad guys cleverly dropped in unexpected places makes a thrilling book.
This is certainly one of the best Johnstone Clan books of the past few years. Trouble being waiting for #3 int he series.
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 9 out of ten points.have kindle read-2024 James Cheatham3
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