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Hot Spur
Greed, lust for power, and ruthless ambition are what drive Richard Grant. All he needs is the Big G to consolidate his hold on the territory. Only his cousin Harry Grant, the legitimate heir, stands in the way.
When Harry guns down the hired killers sent on Richard’s orders, a crooked sheriff and a bent judge make sure Harry ends up in prison.
Life is tough for the young cowboy, but he survives, only to face, on his release from prison, more assassins sent to make sure he never returns home to claim his inheritance.
Harry has no choice but to go gunning for his cousin. The showdown takes place at the Hot Spur saloon. Only one of them will be left standing.
Duration: 3 hours 32 minutes.
When Harry guns down the hired killers sent on Richard’s orders, a crooked sheriff and a bent judge make sure Harry ends up in prison.
Life is tough for the young cowboy, but he survives, only to face, on his release from prison, more assassins sent to make sure he never returns home to claim his inheritance.
Harry has no choice but to go gunning for his cousin. The showdown takes place at the Hot Spur saloon. Only one of them will be left standing.
Duration: 3 hours 32 minutes.
4 pages, Audible Audio
First published June 21, 2020
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About the author
Philip McCormac
40 books18 followersPhilip began writing fiction as a respite from his business activities and had short horror published in various magazines. He even wrote a series of articles on New Age Philosophy which was published in Burning Issues, now defunct. He wrote HOT SPUR using the pseudonym Elliot James which was his grandson’s name.
Black Horse Westerns accepted the book and since then Philip has had 16 westerns published under P. McCormac and various pennames. The most recent, THE LEGEND OF KEANE O'LEARY, published in 2018.
In December 2010 a crime thriller, MacLean, was published by Robert Hale, London.
THE RATTLESNAKE KID was also published the same year by sagewordservices.com. followed by BROTHER'S BLOOD.
LEAVES OF BLOOD was published on Kindle in 2012 and is a story set during the American Civil War. Since then Endeavour Press have reissued the Black Horse Westerns in EBook format.
REBELLION - a historical novel involving the 1916 Easter Uprising in Dublin was published on kindle June this year.
RIDE THE DARK TRAIL issued by Wordwooze 2018 as eBook and audio.
Writing is an obsession with Philip and there is always a full programme of writing ongoing.
Known Pseudonyms
Elliot James
P. McCormac
Gary Astill
Henry Christopher
Jim Wilson
Black Horse Westerns accepted the book and since then Philip has had 16 westerns published under P. McCormac and various pennames. The most recent, THE LEGEND OF KEANE O'LEARY, published in 2018.
In December 2010 a crime thriller, MacLean, was published by Robert Hale, London.
THE RATTLESNAKE KID was also published the same year by sagewordservices.com. followed by BROTHER'S BLOOD.
LEAVES OF BLOOD was published on Kindle in 2012 and is a story set during the American Civil War. Since then Endeavour Press have reissued the Black Horse Westerns in EBook format.
REBELLION - a historical novel involving the 1916 Easter Uprising in Dublin was published on kindle June this year.
RIDE THE DARK TRAIL issued by Wordwooze 2018 as eBook and audio.
Writing is an obsession with Philip and there is always a full programme of writing ongoing.
Known Pseudonyms
Elliot James
P. McCormac
Gary Astill
Henry Christopher
Jim Wilson
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February 24, 2024
Book: **
Performance: **
A Short, Almost Typical Western
I really do like westerns … both there seems to be at least two types. I prefer the wholesome stories of Zane Grey, Louis L’Amour and Max Brand as opposed to the course, gritty (almost adult themed) where there seems to be a need to highlight the darker side of human misconduct to emphasize just how evil the bad guys are. While not completely in the later camp, this story trends in that direction and was less enjoyable as a result. The story is on the shorter side, and we follow Harry Grant in what appears at first blush to be a hallmark style love triangle that was pretty clumsy all things considered. Still, some of the typical western tropes are there and it would have scored a little better except for the narration, which was told in an halting manner that adds an unnatural feel to often awkward dialog despite very good tone and timber (with good character differentiation). At only 3.5 hours, the action does move along nicely though and it was nice predictable enough to have in the background while I was working.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
#HotSpur #FreeAudiobkFacebkGrp
Performance: **
A Short, Almost Typical Western
I really do like westerns … both there seems to be at least two types. I prefer the wholesome stories of Zane Grey, Louis L’Amour and Max Brand as opposed to the course, gritty (almost adult themed) where there seems to be a need to highlight the darker side of human misconduct to emphasize just how evil the bad guys are. While not completely in the later camp, this story trends in that direction and was less enjoyable as a result. The story is on the shorter side, and we follow Harry Grant in what appears at first blush to be a hallmark style love triangle that was pretty clumsy all things considered. Still, some of the typical western tropes are there and it would have scored a little better except for the narration, which was told in an halting manner that adds an unnatural feel to often awkward dialog despite very good tone and timber (with good character differentiation). At only 3.5 hours, the action does move along nicely though and it was nice predictable enough to have in the background while I was working.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
#HotSpur #FreeAudiobkFacebkGrp
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