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The Warhunter #3
The Great Salt Lake Massacre
Strong slightly cocked spine with light creasing. Bright cover with slight wear and light edge wear. Text is perfect. Same day shipping first class from AZ.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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January 19, 2023
I wanted to avoid spoilers in reviewing the last book, but here it is: as you'll recall, the last book was about Warfield Hunter (better known by his nickname, Bobo The Man Good At Killing People) recuperating from injuries in the home of Steve Taffler and his wife Laura. Steve was cheating on Laura with Ella the Hooker, but they got back together, leaving Hunter to get together with Ella as both left town.
So, since we spent the entire last book on Hunter and Laura's flirtation and only paired up him and Ella in the last few pages, of course they are now deeply and unreservedly in love. But Ella still has a reputation for being a prostitute, stemming from her years of being a prostitute, so Hunter and she join a wagon trail to start a new life. Meanwhile, ace reporter Eric Bryce (ya don't wanna name him Cubby Reporter or something?) is assigned to cover the legendary War Hunter, but finds the lovely Ella a bit more interesting.
Aside from the awkwardness of so much of the plot being driven by a relationship that happened between books, this was a fair improvement over the last installment. The plot of trying to get a wagon train through Indian country was engaging and it didn't take a million years to get started, although the author again resorted to throwing in CW stuff in the last inning, as Hunter comes across an old flame with an untrustworthy beau, which makes Ella jealous, which threatens to send her into the arms of Eric, ~~as the world turns...~~
It's not the worst, but it makes for a lukewarm resolution where it feels like some characters got away with being drips, or got paired off at the last minute just for the sake of it. Which I suppose I shouldn't complain about, since plenty of similar pulp doesn't have any resolution at all or the kind of continuity that gets spotlighted here. I just don't like the idea of getting particularly invested in these characters' fates and then getting a kind of tossed off fare-thee-well. But, why be picky?
So, since we spent the entire last book on Hunter and Laura's flirtation and only paired up him and Ella in the last few pages, of course they are now deeply and unreservedly in love. But Ella still has a reputation for being a prostitute, stemming from her years of being a prostitute, so Hunter and she join a wagon trail to start a new life. Meanwhile, ace reporter Eric Bryce (ya don't wanna name him Cubby Reporter or something?) is assigned to cover the legendary War Hunter, but finds the lovely Ella a bit more interesting.
Aside from the awkwardness of so much of the plot being driven by a relationship that happened between books, this was a fair improvement over the last installment. The plot of trying to get a wagon train through Indian country was engaging and it didn't take a million years to get started, although the author again resorted to throwing in CW stuff in the last inning, as Hunter comes across an old flame with an untrustworthy beau, which makes Ella jealous, which threatens to send her into the arms of Eric, ~~as the world turns...~~
It's not the worst, but it makes for a lukewarm resolution where it feels like some characters got away with being drips, or got paired off at the last minute just for the sake of it. Which I suppose I shouldn't complain about, since plenty of similar pulp doesn't have any resolution at all or the kind of continuity that gets spotlighted here. I just don't like the idea of getting particularly invested in these characters' fates and then getting a kind of tossed off fare-thee-well. But, why be picky?
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