The Sword of El Diablo (Diamondback McCall) - Hardcover

Middleton, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803477716 ISBN 13: 9780803477711

Publisher: AmazonEncore, 2010

Synopsis

Jack 'Diamondback' McCall is having a steady run of bad luck. The Mexicans want him in prison. The Apaches want him dead. Bounty hunters want the price on his head and an old foe wants revenge. Jack now carries a tarnished reputation and the gunmen just keep coming. Soon, he's trapped in a clever plot of retribution as he faces an enemy who seems to anticipate his every move. What begins as a matter of honor soon turns deadly, with Fawn, the beautiful Indian woman he loves, and his partner, Dakota Dan, caught right in the middle. Jack will do what he must to save Fawn, but even his dazzling speed with a six-gun isn't enough. Things quickly go from bad to bloody. And then there's 'The Canyon of the Devil's gold'.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Middleton grew up on a ranch, spending much of his youth on horseback. Writing tales of the Old West was perhaps inevitable. Although he attended college on a music scholarship, he enjoyed writing short stories as much as jazz. In writing his first book, The Lost Train, he met Theodore Mason, a respected author. Mason taught him the craft. Robert and his wife, Denise, live in Hemet, California.

From Booklist

The third Diamondback McCall novel finds the Wild West adventurer in an introspective mood. He's just found out that somebody has been spreading some vicious lies about him, and he's determined to go back to Nogales, scene of an earlier (and nearly fatal) adventure, and clear his name. But personal retribution comes with a price, as Jack and his readers soon discover. This is a top-notch western. The author incorporates many familiar genre elements and motifs—gunslingers, revenge—but keeps them feeling fresh through solid storytelling. It's not great literature and doesn't pretend to be, but it is an exciting western with just a hint of romance. --David Pitt

Edition details

• Publisher: AmazonEncore
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0803477716
• ISBN 13: 9780803477711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 185