Review: A very interesting read !
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2013
Anyone who likes westerns and cowboy stories will surely like this novel.The author concentrates more on the characters than on the surrounding landscape, helping you to focus on the action and plot that lies ahead. The long standing feud between the Haggans and the Farrells builds up to a fascinating  story of rivalry and hatred. The family loyalty than Van Holt captures so well makes you not only like the characters but really feel for them, and become emotionally tied towards them. I  took a certain affinity to the young boy, Paul Farrell , who wishes to take revenge for actions that I don't want to reveal or else spoil the story, but they are strong and raw motives that any hot-blooded person could understand, and probably act the same way.Ultimately the story is about the Haggans and the Farrells and their hatred for each other.  Revenge features highly in the book. But which of these family's will end up the ultimate victors?The author does a great job of keeping  the reader glued to the pages. The book has all the hallmarks of a great Western with great characterisation, and just the right balance of  killings, shootings and revenge. In many ways it's a  battle between the good and the bad.  The author stirs up your emotions on a number of occasions, and especially for the young helpless boy who goes through both anguish and then hatred for those who have tuned on his family. Overall, a great page-turner which will keep you absorbed till the end!