The Lawless Frontier by Randy Denmon

The Lawless Frontier by Randy Denmon This book is USED (not new) Condition: Good - Format: Paperback Publisher: Pinnacle, , Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.69 x 6.82 inches, pages SKU: 511j - We use NZ Post overnight for delivery so please allow 1-5 days for delivery - If you would like to see more photos of the book, ask a question and we'll add them Book Description: After a successful rescue mission, Myles Adams, an officer for the U.S. War Department, and his partner Stewart Cook find themselves on the run from Jorge Trevino, a vicious bandito, who introduces them to the horrors of the Mexican frontier. Original. Editorial Reviews Review A hard-bitten tale of sacrifice in the Wild West. The spirit of old John Wayne movies is alive and well in this rough-and-tumble western. Denmon takes all the conventions inherent in the traditional horse opera and manages to flesh out a plausible, articulate action novel with a brisk, satisfying pace. The book is set during the last bloody gasp of the Old West, during the early years of the 1900s. Pancho Villa and his minions both terrify and inspire the peasants of northern Mexico as the revolution threatens to devolve into civil war. Into this conflagration enters stalwart Stewart Cook, a wandering caballero whose fianc(C)e, Alexia Garcia, is lost behind enemy lines. Stewart may not be much of a rescuer by himself, but he's tough as nails, determined and backed up by a first-class partner with menace to spare: Myles Adams is a classic western hero straight out of the old serials, a lantern-jawed, steely-eyed gunfighter with all the verbal dazzle of Gary Cooper. In fact, the laconic cowpokes do much more talking than shooting, but only after a sudden, brutal gunfight between the partners and some banditos kicks off the action. By the time Myles and Stewart ride into Santiago, Mexico, to mount a jailbreak of Alexia and her entire family, they've managed to enrage Jorge Trevino, one immoral, pestilent bastard, who's figured out that ...