Review: An awesome Western story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2013
"Death in Black Holsters" is the story of Lorn Chambers, a relic in the dying days of the Old West. By 1889, law and order had been largely imposed on the frontier, and gun-slinging hard men were out of fashion. In spite of the new gun laws, after Chambers kills a couple of would-be murderers his fighting prowess is the only thing that can spare him from an early grave. Nine vengeful riders, eight men and one girl, are hot on his trail.I've read many books by Van Holt, and I'd say that Lorn Chambers is one of his best protagonists. Chambers's pride and unwillingness to change with the fickle fashion of the age make him easy to root for, and his personality is intriguingly dark and morbid. The setting is, as usual with this author, convincing and fleshed out; it's easy to imagine that he actually witnessed this drama on the frontier. For all these reasons, I give the book five stars.