Review: Where there's smoke there's fire!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2013
The Seventh Volume of this action-packed western series of Murray Pura's is smoking! Literally. The `Five Hundred' pack of outlaws, also known as Los Quinientos have just burnt all the ranches and homesteads to the ground. The men, women, widows and preachers, who thankfully were all at the church on Lazarus Top when it happened, looked solemnly on as smoke rose to form a low cloud above the place where their homes once were.There was a much greater threat coming their way however, with the Los Quinientos desperadoes numbering anywhere from up to two hundred men and heading directly for the Preachers and the homesteaders. There was one possible scenario that may provide a way of escape. If someone could best the leader of the outlaws, the ruthless El Satan Blanco in a gun duel, they may be allowed to walk away alive. To the Preachers knowledge though, Blanco has never lost a gunfight.Which of the David brothers is the fastest man with his gun to go up against this deadly enemy? More importantly, will he be quicker than El Satan Blanco, The White Satan? It's a chance they have no choice but to take, even if it means Blanco and his men won't honor the deal.There are pistols flashing, gray gun smoke spewing, and zipping bullets throughout this lightening-paced volume. There are bodies falling and others falling prey to flying lead... who will come out of this alive? And when the full force of the Los Quinientos Five Hundred strike, will the congregation's prayers be enough for them all to survive this massive onslaught? This was a fantastic edition to The Painted Sky, thank you Murray Pura!!