Kill Slade (Paperback)

Victor M. Alvarez

ISBN 10: 0692082255 / ISBN 13: 9780692082256

Published by Victor M Alvarez, 2018

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Paperback. In the cold dead of night, the Hatcher brothers break into Slade's house, kill his wife of six years, Emily, and leave him for dead. But Slade is still breathing when his friend Josh Evans and his wife Lynn, Emily's twin sister, find him draped over his wife's body. After six months of recuperation, Slade and Evans set out on the trail of revenge.In the town of Oakhill, Texas, Evans is killed, but not before Slade shoots and kills the outlaw in a gunfight. Taking his body back to his wife by train, Slade is attacked by another of Hatcher's gang.When he returns to Oakhill, Slade is attacked once again in his hotel room by one of the Hatcher brothers and a gang of four other outlaws. After a furious gun battle where Slade is injured.Then Slade and Lynn Evans join thirty members of Company C, of the Texas Rangers out of Austin as they ride toward the remaining Hatcher's hideout. They are ambushed in a gorge. Several rangers, in running gun battles, kill the outlaws one by one. But in the process Lynn Evans is mortally wounded.Slade survives and now put his guns to use once again, as he takes up the badge of the Texas Rangers. "KILL SLADE," an adventure filled western set in Texas in the mid 1880's. It is the story of thirty-six year old John Slade an ex-Texas Ranger, and his mission of revenge for the savage slaying of his wife by trio of outlaws who are also seeking retribution for the death of their cousin at the hands of Slade. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kill Slade (Paperback)
• Publisher: Victor M Alvarez
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692082255
• ISBN 13: 9780692082256
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In the cold dead of night, the Hatcher brothers break into Slade's house, kill his wife of six years, Emily, and leave him for dead. But Slade is still breathing when his friend Josh Evans and his wife Lynn, Emily's twin sister, find him draped over his wife's body. After six months of recuperation, Slade and Evans set out on the trail of revenge.

In the town of Oakhill, Texas, Evans is killed, but not before Slade shoots and kills the outlaw in a gunfight. Taking his body back to his wife by train, Slade is attacked by another of Hatcher's gang.

When he returns to Oakhill, Slade is attacked once again in his hotel room by one of the Hatcher brothers and a gang of four other outlaws. After a furious gun battle where Slade is injured.

Then Slade and Lynn Evans join thirty members of Company C, of the Texas Rangers out of Austin as they ride toward the remaining Hatcher's hideout. They are ambushed in a gorge. Several rangers, in running gun battles, kill the outlaws one by one. But in the process Lynn Evans is mortally wounded.

Slade survives and now put his guns to use once again, as he takes up the badge of the Texas Rangers.

About the Author

Victor Manuel Alvarez was born in Puerto Rico and moved with his older brother and his mother to New York City when he was nine years old. While living in the Big Apple he decided to join the NewYork City Police Department, but as fortune would have it, he was ultimately drafted into the US Army.

He completed his boot camp training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Then it was airborne training, ranger, military police schools and later jungle warfare school in the Republic of Panama. His military awards range from Jump Wings, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, awards of the Purple Heart, Air Medal, and Army Commendation Medal, among other numerous awards.

Alvarez attended the University of Maryland while on active duty studying criminal justice, with a minor in law enforcement. He served as an army criminal investigator (CID agent). While serving two tours in Vietnam he saw combat, sustaining wounds to his right hand and right knee. Serving in Japan, he studied Shotokan Karate obtaining the coveted rank of Godan or fifth-degree black belt.

He is classified as an expert in small arms and combat knife fighting, and he obtained the classification as sharpshooter with army assault weapons, and holds a Japanese Renshi (instructor) license, under the (Dai Nippon Butoku Kai), in classical Japanese weapons.

After retiring from the US Army, with twenty-one years of service, he applied for and received his private investigator's credentials in the state of Arizona and became an Arizona bounty hunter.