Ambush at Shadow Valley (Signet Historical Fiction) | 
| Author: Ralph Cotton
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 478211
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0451223799
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451223791
ASIN: 0451223799
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is on the trail of a gang of Yuma jailbreakers led by the blood-thirsty Suela Soto, and hes leaving a trail of death and destruction. The pursuit will bring Sam up against one of the most infamous criminal gangs ever to pull a heist in the Westthe Hole in the Wall Gang
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RANGER BURRACK AND THE WRONG TRAIL August 15, 2008
At last count I found 28 Ralph Cotton westerns on my shelves so you could say I know a bit about his books and that I read most of what he writes. But I am not too crazy about this one, however.
As far as concerned, both Ranger Sam and Ralph have gotten off on the wrong trail. This book is not so much an enjoyable western as it is a stark, noir novel. If you as the reader care for scalping, mutilation, chopping bodies into pieces, nailing padres to a door, eating hearts ripped from dying bodies, shooting dogs, and attesting to being a devil's disciple by both voice and tatoo, then this book may interest you.
Of the first 10 chapters comprising Book 1, this is the regular bill of fare, and, oh yes, the devil's disciple shoots his own partner almost between the eyes when he believes the partner is no longer of any use. Parts 2 and 3 simmer down a bit, but the trademark humor present in so many Ralph Cotton westerns doesn't present itself too often. Worst of all, Ranger Sam Burrack appears not too often either, mostly in Parts 1 and 3, yet sparingly throughout the entire novel.
So, should you enjoy this book, you have yet another to look forward to, as a future book is the closure of this one, entitled SHOWDOWN AT HOLE IN THE WALL due out in March, 2009.
C'mon Ralph, let's get Sam back to more typical westerns, and keep him in the forefront of the story.
Semper Fi.
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