Searcher

Searcher #1

by Josh Edwards, Len Levinson

Searching for his missing fiancee and suspecting she might have made her way to Texas, John Stone takes on a job escorting a settlers' wagon train that is headed there, fighting for his life against Indians, outlaws, and uncompromising thirst along the way.

Genres: Westerns

184 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2013

Reviews

[Chris Haynes · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book reads like a story in the Western pulp magazines from the 40s and 50s. What I mean by that is, the hero is virtually invincible, hardly ever misses a shot while not getting shot even when surrounded by a dozen gunmen while trapped in a burning hotel room, and can withstand the charms of various women in order to remain faithful to his true love.

Now, I like the old Western pulps, they can be exciting and fun. But they are also relatively short. This book, while the writing was good and some of the action was exciting, it was way, way too long. After a while all the action sequences just kind of run together and the hero's "perfectness" became boring and the book just became a slog to get through. I think the book would have been better if the author cut out a couple of the side quests and shortened the book by about 40 pages.

This book just didn't work for me.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a book I would usually read, just not a huge fan of westerns.
But
My daughter was in a used bookstore, she saw this, for some reason she thought I would like it, so she bought it for me. Well if my daughter is going to buy something for me then you know I'm going to read it.

It was a good book.
We've got our hero, he signs on to a wagon train as a scout, he spends his time going through life looking for his fiancé who has disappeared. We've got outlaws, we've got Indians, we've got fights and shootouts. Good character development, good pacing, decent writing. All in all, a good tale. Pretty happy I read it.

[Mike J · Rating 2 out of 5]

John Stone is looking for his Sweetheart who has disappeared. As he searches through the west he gets hired on a wagon train. I just could not connect with John. He seemed to be almost looking for trouble. Which he finds of course. I think I would have liked this book a lot better when I was a teenager. I liked action and this book did have that.

[Sherrill Stiles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Western

What a great read!! Like all of this authors books you can't stop reading. Check out his series Pecos Kid another great read p.s. its 6 books!