Trail Hand: A Western Story - Softcover

Stone, R. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0843960353 ISBN 13: 9780843960358

Publisher: Leisure Books, 2008

Synopsis

When he signs on to guide a horse drive from Mexico to California, Owen Burke, in desperate need of some cash, gets more than he had bargained for when he is bushwahcked by banditos who steal his horse and the rest of his herd, which doesn't sit well with his employer. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

R. W. Stone is a veterinarian in Central Florida, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He is an avid horseman, a martial arts master, and a firearms enthusiast. He began writing Westerns as an adult to recapture some of the fun and excitement of a childhood spent horseback riding and target shooting.

From Booklist:

Owen Burke is an itinerant cowpoke scuffling by in south-of-the-border San Rafael when he learns of work at Enrique Allende's horse ranch. He secures a job as a scout to lead a herd of horses to California. Before the drive begins, though, he earns the enmity of Chavez, the ranch ramrod, when Chavez sees him speaking with Allende's daughter, Rosa Maria. Soon after the drive is underway--with Chavez and Burke's feud simmering below the surface--rustlers make off with the herd. Chavez convinces the Allende crew it was an inside job, and Burke was the insider. In short order, Burke is convinced he must catch the rustlers and recover the herd before Chavez's ad hoc posse catches him. In his first published novel, Stone, a medical professional by trade, bursts onto the western scene with a suspenseful yarn replete with action, a chaste romance, and a very likable narrator in Burke. Western genre fiction is in need of some fresh voices. Stone and Burke fill the bill nicely. Wes Lukowsky
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About this edition

• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0843960353
• ISBN 13: 9780843960358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246