Review: a typical western
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
A brief synopsis takes you into the Wild West, where bounty hunters chase outlaws while avoiding the Apache machetes. This story follows Tom Prichard, a fearsome hunter in search of his twice elusive prey; and Jim Nester, a young boy in search of revenge on the men who killed his father.  Coincidentally, these two meet and discover they pursue the same three outlaws.Van Holt portrays Tom Prichard as this old, experienced bounty hunter, and because of this, he has an answer or idea for everything.  Although having characters such as this can be helpful in telling a story, it creates a fine line between 'perfect timing' and 'he did it again'.  Seeing the characters walk into what could be a thrilling situation, only to find Prichard knows exactly what to do, and has the speed in which to kill everyone in 5 seconds...lends a sort of, incredulity to the overall feel of the book and deflates the situation. Van Holt paints the Apache's in a very dull light, which is disappointing for such a colorful people; only using them in the story as an enemy in the dark, out there in the desert.While this genre does not speak to my tastes, if you want a decently written Western, this book could be worth your time.