Matthew Faraday is president of the Faraday Security Service, a detective agency specializing in work for the ever-expanding railroad empires. Hired to find out who is stirring up the Sioux and sabotaging the Kansas Pacific line as it builds westward, Faraday sends tough young agent Daniel Britten to the railhead, where he finds himself embroiled with surveyors, track layers, buffalo hunters, and a pair of beautiful young women. But there’s a killer stalking the railhead as well, and not only the fate of the railroad but also Britten’s very life depends on him uncovering the truth.
The original version of this epic Western adventure by legendary author James Reasoner has been out of print for decades. Newly revised and expanded, it’s now available again with all the historical sweep and gun-blazing action readers have come to expect from James Reasoner.
3 comments:
Um...
Have you ever seen Cecil B. DeMille's film Union Pacific?
On the other hand, someone else probably used a similar plot before DeMille.
Has there ever been a book or film about building railways across America that didn't feature " stirring up the Sioux and sabotaging the ... line as it builds westward,... surveyors, track layers, buffalo hunters, ... beautiful young women [and] a killer stalking the railhead as well"?
James, I'll be picking this one up. Sounds great! -Jim
Roger,
No, as a matter of fact, I don't believe I've ever seen that one. I'd probably enjoy it, though. Wasn't it Frank Gruber who said there were only seven basic Western plots? I think that may be overstating the case a little, but he's got a point. Okay, just looked up the movie and am sure now I haven't seen it, but it's got a great cast and is based on an Ernest Haycox novel. I think I'm going to have to watch it.
Thanks, Jim. My review of THE ODDS ARE AGAINST US is coming up soon.
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