Western

I like the historical references, the Hat Creek Stage Station and the Hole in the Wall. Wyoming winters are just as described, brutal and bitter. Our hero King Mabry catches a few too many lucky breaks, maybe, but I like that the women in the group are their own people, brave and practical. A good story. ( )

King Mabry is a man who is handy with his guns but also a man with sensitivity and caring. When he was hired to carry a large amount of money to a ranch and after killing a bushwhacker who was after the money, he finds his way to Hat Creek Station. A winter storm is raging and he finds a theatre group holding up there. They are planning there trip to Alder with a guide that Mabry does not trust.

Mabry continues on to his destination but eventually plans to return and follow the group which he does. It becomes a battle between Mabry and the outlaw leader Baker to save the three women and two men of the theatre group. Add some Sioux renegades who want the white man's women, horses and guns to the mix and you have one fast moving adventure story. Also keep in mind that much of the action takes place in snow storms with temperatures as low as 40 below.

Some the situations from which Mabry's survives stretch credibility. ( )

Product Description King Mabry survived by his guns. He wasn't proud of his deadly skill, nor was he ashamed. He just lived with it every hard day on the frontier. When a traveling theatrical troupe hired a ruthless killer to guide them through the Wyoming wilderness, King Mabry--his guns at the ready--set out to follow their trail. And neither blizzards, nor Indians, nor the wily guide would stop him. From the Publisher It was a hard land that bred hard men to hard ways. King Mabry survived by his guns. He wasn't proud of his deadly skill, nor was he ashamed. He just lived with it every hard day on the frontier. When a traveling theatrical troupe hired a ruthless killer to guide them through the Wyoming wilderness, King Mabry--his guns at the ready-set out to follow their trail, and not blizzards, nor Indians, nor the wily guide would stop him. ( )