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This time it's a western thriller by the author of Puppet on a
Chain, The Guns of Navarone and Ice Station Zebra. Once the plot
gets moving, the reader may forget the flow of banalities that
support the tale - sure, the action has its hooks, but the writing
often seems wearily contemptuous of its reader. An army train
carries a doctor and medical supplies from Reese City to small,
cholera-stricken Fort Humboldt - and some gold and silver bullion
on to Virginia City. On board is card
cheat-arsonist-murderer-gunman John Deakin, who is also a former
doctor and is the captive of U.S. Marshal Pearce. With him on the
doomed train are the crooked governor of Nevada and his innocent
niece. Meanwhile, Fort Humboldt has been taken over by villainous
Sepp Calhoun, who is secretly in with Marshal Pearce (a wrong one)
and the vengeful Paiute Indians. The action mainly sticks to the
rails, though the sense of riding a great old train is not strongly
evoked. Deakin, the hero, is really a federal agent masquerading
under all those charges. One tense moment where half the train
breaks loose on a mountain and begins rolling backward at a hundred
miles per hour - but wait for the flick. Many won't. (Kirkus
Reviews)
A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly
acclaimed master of the genre. The Rocky Mountains, Winter 1873...
One of the most desolate stretches of railroad in the West.
Travelling along it is a crowded troop train, bound for the
cholera-stricken garrison at Fort Humboldt. On board are the
Governor of Nevada, the daughter of the fort's commander and a US
marshal escorting a notorious outlaw. Between them and safety are
the hostile Paiute Indians - and a man who will stop at nothing,
not even murder...
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
1994 |
Authors: |
Alistair MacLean
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Dimensions: |
178 x 110 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Mass Market
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Pages: |
234 |
Edition: |
New ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-615805-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Westerns
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LSN: |
0-00-615805-6 |
Barcode: |
9780006158059 |
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