A remote Arizona fort is racked by disease and surrounded by hostile Apaches, with the Confederate Army approaching and a religious zealot on the loose; so it is up to one lone soldier to carry off an impossible mission in Gordon D. Shirreff's The Border Guidon.
This was a surprisingly tough, unusually spare western with a pretty interesting plot (and a high body count). An exciting third act, with a frontier cult hunkered down in an abandoned series of caves (and hiding a couple of field howitzers), adds value.
I have heard about Shirreff's writing but had never come across one of his paperbacks in the wild until I saw this for under a dollar at a used bookstore. I will keep my eyes peeled for more by him.
Recommended for western fans.
This was a surprisingly tough, unusually spare western with a pretty interesting plot (and a high body count). An exciting third act, with a frontier cult hunkered down in an abandoned series of caves (and hiding a couple of field howitzers), adds value.
I have heard about Shirreff's writing but had never come across one of his paperbacks in the wild until I saw this for under a dollar at a used bookstore. I will keep my eyes peeled for more by him.
Recommended for western fans.
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