Savage Range

Summary

A ranch foreman must tame a bunch of cutthroat cowboys—or die trying—in this rowdy, action-packed western from a master storyteller.

Setting

San Jon may be the sorriest town Jim Wade has ever set foot in. Its dry river, ramshackle buildings, and vicious lawlessness make it the spitting image of hell on earth . . . so Wade feels right at home.

Character

He''s used to solving problems with his fists and his gun. Wade''s come to take a job as foreman for a ranching outfit, which he finds in just as bad of shape as the town itself.

Conflict

The killers his employer calls cowboys are the roughest bunch he''s ever seen, and they''ve schemed up an awful plan that could cost Wade his neck.

Theme

To survive, he''ll have to do what he''s done all his life: shoot fast and ride hard.

Review

Classic Luke Short, from the pitch-perfect setting to the hard-driving action, Savage Range is western fiction at its most intense.