Review: A Quick, Satisfying Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2012
The Ghost Dance was a tragic final act in the conflict between westering Americans and the Plains Indians. It plays a pivotal role in this second story by Wayne D. Dundee in the Cash Laramie chronicles.A psychotic half-breed escapes from prison and tortures the hiding place of a cache of guns from another escapee. Vilo Creed plans to sell the guns to Kicking Bear and his followers, which promises dire consequences for those in their path.Deputy Marshal Laramie is dispatched to the Vedauwoo badlands in Wyoming where he is to intercept Creed and prevent the delivery. Expecting to find the place empty of other people, Cash encounters a band of outlaw train robbers, a party of innocents and an Indian shaman he'd known in his youth. It isn't long before guns are blazing and people are dying. The ending came as a bit of a surprise.Formerly best known for his hard-boiled Joe Hannibal detective series, Dundee has lately proven himself equally adept at the Western genre.