The Final Shot

Edge #16

by George G. Gilman

even from a distance he looked deadly. His lean, towering frame measured at least three inches over six feet. About tow hundred pounds of mean muscle and bone. His dark clothes were coated with a gray film of trail dust, from his worn and scarred boots, to the sweat-stained, low-crowned hat on his head. The butt of a frontier Colt jutted from the holster tied to his right thigh. Like his clothes, the gun was far from new. Framed by long black hair like an Indian, the stranger's face was deeply etched by sun and wind, and a past that would defy description. As many people before had learned, the inhabitants of Monksville would soon realize that this grim visitor would change thier lives and end more than a few of them...

Genres: Westerns

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

A pseudonym used by Terry Harknett.

Edge (61 books as George G. Gilman)
Adam Steele (49 books as George G. Gilman)
Edge Meets Adam Steele (3 books as George G. Gilman)
The Undertaker (6 books as George G. Gilman)

Reviews

[Bill Riggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic cover with a helluva story to back it up. Mostly a flashback to Edge’s adventures at the close of the Civil War that made him the black hearted bastard he is now. Chock full of blood, bullets, carnage and snappy, quick-witted gallows humor!

[Oliver Clarke · Rating 3 out of 5]

The last in the Civil War cycle in the Edge series is just as much brutal fun as the rest.

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't point a gun at Edge, he doesn't fucking like it. He got a telegram about his dead wife. Edge an emotionless animal that could kill easily than devour a nice meal without regret. His wife had changed him until her death. A new town and even newer trouble. A sheriff and deputies try to arrest Edge for a past murder. Probably shouldn't try this. Edge blasts a bullet through a temple spewing out blood before the body crashes through the window. Now he is sheriff for a day and more death rises.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always enjoy the Civil War flashback stories in this series. That plot was considerably stronger than the primary plot, which has Edge being lured to a town where he can be killed. Lots of action. Kept me reading.

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another double story in one book. The first is the final Civil War flashback for Edge. The second is present time. He's made Sheriff in an old town to protect some prisoners. Still bloody and gory. Just not one of the better books in the series.

[Allen Himes · Rating 2 out of 5]

Weak writing, unlikable characters

[Will Y · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the ending of this book, because it had a very happy ending, when Danny, Jay, and Terrel all choose to go play for Harvard for college basketball. This book would make a very good disney movie, because there was some problems with the scouts and sponsors, but it also ended in a happy ending. This book would make a hit movie.

[terry lovell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good reading kept me awake and that is a hard task WELL DONE GEORGE

Kept me interested I would recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humour and a good stomach to last the coarse