By Emmett Stone
Hale, February 2012
Tom McCleod, relentlessly pursued by three riders, learns
that a young woman he once knew has disappeared. Where is Sandy Kruger? Riding
with the outcast Cherokee George, McCleod sets out on a quest to find her.
Can Sandy herself survive? She is one woman against the
wilderness. And to make matters worse, she is being hunted by a merciless gang
of gunslicks led by the owner of the Cinch Buckle, the very ranch from which
she has escaped. McCleod will need his wits and his guns as the dangerous trail
unwinds towards the final encounter. There are secrets to be revealed, but will
McCleod find Sandy in time?
Emmett Stone has created some excellent characters in
McCleod, Cherokee George and Sandy Kruger, each having their own identities
that make you care about what happens to them. The story switches between them
regularly so the reader can keep up with what is happening to each as the
mystery revolving around why the gunslicks are eager to find Sandy deepens, all
the author tells the reader is it has something to do with the small wooden box
which Sandy keeps her poems in. The box isn’t the only mysterious element to
the plot, there’s also the dead man who appears to be alive again…how can this
be?
Emmett Stone’s book races towards its final shoot-out at an ever increasing speed, and by the end all the plot threads are resolved neatly
and I was left with the feeling of being thoroughly entertained.
A Message for McCleod is officially released on February 29th
but is available now.
If searching for this book on Amazon and you don't use to above links then please note the different spelling of McCleod / McLeod on book and Amazon lisings. You may want to consider this if searching at other booksellers too.
2 comments:
I don't think the discrepancy in the title began with Amazon. Hale have "McLeod" in their pdf headed "Black Horse Western Schedule". Therefore it's "McLeod" in the current Black Horse Extra online magazine, too.
I added that note because if you search for it with the name spelt McCleod Amazon comes up blank. :)
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