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Publisher:
Harper Torch / HarperCollins |
Release
Date: 2003 |
ISBN:
0-06-053530-X |
Awards:
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Format
Reviewed: Paperback |
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Genre:
Western |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Mary Lynn |
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Gold
Fever
A Sharpshooter
Western
By Tobias Cole
Jed
Wells is a former Union Army sharpshooter and prisoner, who spends
his time writing and traveling around the country to find the relatives
of soldiers who died while prisoners so that he might pass on messages
he hopes will bring a measure of comfort. While on such a trip,
he learns of the disappearance of Josephus McCade, a fellow prisoner,
who had often talked of a hidden treasure of immense wealth. Longing
to know more of McCade, who he used as the main character in his
second book, Jed sets out to continue his mission of mercy to the
living and to possibly to learn of McCade's fate.
Before
long Jed finds himself in the town of Leadville where he faces many
challenges to his sense of right and wrong, as well as several to
his own life. In Leadville, there are those who want to take his
life and some who would destroy his morals.
Although
the ending surprised me, I found Gold Fever a pleasurable
read from the first page right through to the last page. Unlike
many books I've read where I find my mind wandering as I read the
"boring" parts, I was never tempted to skip over any of
the passages in the book to get back to the "good" parts
because Mr. Cole made every word count and worth reading. It's been
a very long time since I've enjoyed a western so much. In Gold Fever,
Mr. Cole has crafted a book and a hero that it was an absolute delight
to read and "meet". I eagerly look forward to the upcoming
Repentance Creek, the next book in the series, and plan to look
up the first book, Brimstone.
If you
want a book that in part western, part mystery, part character study,
and that grabs your attention from the first page and never loses
you where the hero is brave and gallant, but all too human, you
need look no further than Tobias Cole's Gold Fever. Minutes
after starting it, I felt as if I'd struck gold.
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