A soldier rescues a woman from captivity, only to have the warrior who took her come looking to get her back, in Theodore V. Olsen's The Stalking Moon.
Olsen was a prolific paperback writer, largely westerns but in other genres as well, and had several of his novels turned into movies. Including this one, made in 1968 and starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint.
Olsen tries to stretch genre conventions in his novel, portraying the complexities of life for the two mixed-race children the rescued woman bore during her captivity, as well as the complexities of the growing relationship between the soldier and the woman. For a mid-60s mass-market paperback, Olsen made a pretty good stab at it.
Offbeat for a western of this time, but still fast-moving and full of action, and worthwhile for genre fans.
I got this in a big box of goodbye paperbacks and read it quickly.
Olsen was a prolific paperback writer, largely westerns but in other genres as well, and had several of his novels turned into movies. Including this one, made in 1968 and starring Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint.
Olsen tries to stretch genre conventions in his novel, portraying the complexities of life for the two mixed-race children the rescued woman bore during her captivity, as well as the complexities of the growing relationship between the soldier and the woman. For a mid-60s mass-market paperback, Olsen made a pretty good stab at it.
Offbeat for a western of this time, but still fast-moving and full of action, and worthwhile for genre fans.
I got this in a big box of goodbye paperbacks and read it quickly.
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