Review: Another great western by the notorious 'King of the Hellbound Westerns'
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2013
The Vultures is yet another great read by author Van Holt, `King of the Hellbound Westerns' - a well-defined description of an author who has released a slew of action-packed westerns.  And this one does not disappoint.Fans of this genre will delight as they follow Kenton and Hook, two cowboys slung together almost by chance but who share the same dogged determination to rid the world of its evils including Farraday, the Beetons and the ominous `Black Patch' who, legend has it, is akin to the Grim Reaper...once one has laid eyes on him, his subsequent death is imminent.Set against a backdrop of rugged and dangerous terrain, in a time when cattle and property theft were rife, and gun-murders prolific, each man is for his own, as treachery is far from uncommon.  However, despite the dangers in trusting anyone but one's self, alliances are formed and, in the end, true comradeship prevails.In true Holt style, this is an action-packed, fast-moving story, with a no-fuss, upfront appeal.  Characters are cleverly defined just enough to give the reader a sense of who they are and where their motives lie...subtly yet deliberately and ingeniously so, given that, for the most part, many of those characters (in true western style) are shot down before they (or even we!) know what's hit them.A great cowboy jaunt.  Recommended.