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Border Empire #2
Sixguns and Double Eagles
Wes Stone was once a lawman. Then the Sandlin Gang shot down his father, known as The Gunfighter. Swearing vengeance, he takes up his father?s guhns. But little does he know that the odds are even more against him than he thinks?and that to get revenge for a dead man, he might have to die himself?
- GenresWesterns
353 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Ralph Compton
278 books72 followersRalph Compton (April 11, 1934—September 16, 1998) was an American writer of western fiction.
A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton began his writing career with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was chosen as a finalist for the Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed upon the "Best Debut Novel". He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. In the last decade of his life, he authored more than two dozen novels, some of which made it onto the USA Today bestseller list for fiction.
Ralph Compton died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 64. Since his passing, Signet Books has continued the author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such as Joseph A. West and David Robbins, under Compton's byline.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ralphc...
A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton began his writing career with a notable work, The Goodnight Trail, which was chosen as a finalist for the Western Writers of America "Medicine Pipe Bearer Award" bestowed upon the "Best Debut Novel". He was also the author of the Sundown Rider series and the Border Empire series. In the last decade of his life, he authored more than two dozen novels, some of which made it onto the USA Today bestseller list for fiction.
Ralph Compton died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 64. Since his passing, Signet Books has continued the author's legacy, releasing new novels, written by authors such as Joseph A. West and David Robbins, under Compton's byline.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/ralphc...
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March 29, 2021
This is the second book in the Sundown Riders trilogy. And I'm going to just say it again..if you haven't read a Western novel - you need to. This was just as awesome as the first one. Look forward to the next one.
July 9, 2010
I am hooked on Ralph Compton books. I plan to read them all.
March 28, 2020
Ive been pretty unlucky this year with the books ive chosen to read. I got 100 pages from the end of this book and genuinely couldnt be bothered to continue any longer. I gave it chance after chance but it was just dull sadly. I hate giving up on a book but this was just meh. Very similar to Louis Lamour and hes very hit or miss for me. Pretty bummed out about it. Wes and El Lobo could have been great, but they were predictable and everything was irriterated two or three times. Dude. I get it. Theyre going West.
April 7, 2022
A low key book without much of Compton's edge of seat action. It is a part one of a continued story. I felt it had a lot of things that couldn't happen such as horses going a lot faster than the train in one sequence. Still a good read.
February 18, 2020
Purdy good read you varmints! Lots of bushwacking.
October 25, 2021
I enjoy the GA acting and score, but this journey just isn't grabbing my attention. It is a bit different of a story, but I haven't connected with the characters.
February 28, 2020
Part of a series, but is easy to pick up the gist of it.
Wes Stone and his friend El Lobo have broken up a gang down Mexico way (in book 1?) and get asked by a friend of Wes' dad to help him out with another gang operating on his side of the border.
Plenty of scrapes along the way, although the bad guys seem to pick hopelessly inept mooks to try and stop the two friends.
A bit of an unfulfilling ending as it leads into book 3 leaving a lot still to do.
The main characters were well written and it had plenty of action.
Wes Stone and his friend El Lobo have broken up a gang down Mexico way (in book 1?) and get asked by a friend of Wes' dad to help him out with another gang operating on his side of the border.
Plenty of scrapes along the way, although the bad guys seem to pick hopelessly inept mooks to try and stop the two friends.
A bit of an unfulfilling ending as it leads into book 3 leaving a lot still to do.
The main characters were well written and it had plenty of action.
January 25, 2016
I am not normally a western fan but a few writers seem to jump out and grab me. Ralph Compton writes a quick paced and very historically accurate book. Nice read with great characters. Very recommended
Want to read
May 17, 2012did not like at all
July 5, 2008
Didn't realize it was part of a series...
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