Synopses & Reviews
New York Timesbestselling author of The Last Gunfight Jeff Guinn once again brings the Old West to life in the grand follow-up to Glorious.
After barely escaping nemesis Killer Boots in the tiny Arizona Territory town of Glorious, Cash McLendon is in desperate need of a safe haven somewhereanywhereon the frontier.
Fleeing to Dodge City, he falls in with an intrepid band of buffalo hunters determined to head south to forbidden Indian Territory in the Texas Panhandle. In the company of such colorful Western legends as Bat Masterson and Billy Dixon, Cash helps establish a hunting camp known as Adobe Walls. When a massive migration of buffalo arrives, Cash, newly hopeful that he may yet patch things up with Gabrielle Tirrito back in Arizona, thinks his luck has finally changed.
But no good can come of entering the prohibited lands theyve crossed into. Little do Cash and his fellows know that their camp is targeted by a new coalition of the finest warriors among the Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa. Led by fierce Comanche war chief Quanah and eerie tribal mystic Isatai, an enormous force of two thousand is about to descend on the camp and will mark one of the fiercest, bloodiest battles in frontier history.
Cash McLendon is in another fight for his lifeand this time running is not an option.
Review
Praise for GLORIOUS “Delightful . . . Wonderfully appealing. Glorious is an old-fashioned western with likable characters who, because Guinn projects a trilogy, will return shortly.” —Booklist “[Guinn] knows how to dig into the past. . . . an absorbing, informative and entertaining tale of life, love, hope and ambition in the American West.” —The Dallas Morning News
Review
Fantastic Praise for Glorious
“An affable . . . bit of frontier mythmaking . . . readers may find by the end that, like Cash McLendon, theyve become inexplicably fond of Glorious and its colorful denizens.” —The Washington Post
“[Guinn] knows how to dig into the past . . . an absorbing, informative and entertaining tale of life, love, hope and ambition in the American West.” —The Dallas Morning News
“A worthy addition to the western genre . . . Catnip for Lonesome Dove fans.” —The Seattle Times
“Delightful . . . wonderfully appealing. Glorious is an old-fashioned western with likable characters who, because Gunn projects a trilogy, will return shortly.” —Booklist
“This first installment in a trilogy will delight historical fiction fans longing for the return of classic Westerns. This entertaining outing is sure to keep the saloon doors swinging for more entries in the genre.” —Library Journal
“The Wild West comes alive in this novel of prospectors, desolate cavalry posts, rotgut saloons and Apache raiders. . . . The plot is classic . . . good fun.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Since hes already written about Wyatt Earp, Bonnie and Clyde, and Charles Manson (Manson), Jeff Guinn might as well create his own attractive bad boy. Hes done so in this first-in-a-trilogy Western. . . . Theres an interesting contemporary feel to this Western. City boy McLendon doesnt know how to ride or shoot or bust heads; what he knows how to do is observe, spy and think on his feet.” —Tucson Weekly
“A trip to Glorious, Arizona, in Jeff Guinns new western novel is like a cool draft beer after a long, hot day on a dusty trail. Glorious is old-fashioned in the very best way: its good-hearted, optimistic, compelling, comfortable, and extremely well told. Its wonderful when an author clearly has affection for his characters, and readers will feel the same way.” —C. J. Box, New York Times-bestselling author of The Highway and Stone Cold
“If, like me, youve been waiting for the next Louis LAmour or Zane Grey, the good news is his name is Jeff Guinn. His newest novel, Glorious, has all the elements of a fabulous Western: compelling characters, breathtaking scenery, and something more—an unblinking take on the western frontier.”
—Craig Johnson, New York Times-bestselling author of the Walt Longmire mysteries
Synopsis
New York Times-bestselling author of The Last Gunfight Jeff Guinn once again brings the Old West to life in the grand follow-up to Glorious. After barely escaping nemesis Killer Boots in the tiny Arizona Territory town of Glorious, Cash McLendon is in desperate need of a safe haven somewhere--anywhere--on the frontier.
Fleeing to Dodge City, he falls in with an intrepid band of buffalo hunters determined to head south to forbidden Indian Territory in the Texas Panhandle. In the company of such colorful Western legends as Bat Masterson and Billy Dixon, Cash helps establish a hunting camp known as Adobe Walls. When a massive migration of buffalo arrives, Cash, newly hopeful that he may yet patch things up with Gabrielle Tirrito back in Arizona, thinks his luck has finally changed.
But no good can come of entering the prohibited lands they've crossed into. Little do Cash and his fellows know that their camp is targeted by a new coalition of the finest warriors among the Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa. Led by fierce Comanche war chief Quanah and eerie tribal mystic Isatai, an enormous force of two thousand is about to descend on the camp and will mark one of the fiercest, bloodiest battles in frontier history.
Cash McLendon is in another fight for his life--and this time running is not an option.
About the Author
Jeff Guinn is the bestselling author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including
Manson,
The Last Gunfight, and
Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. A former books editor at the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram and an award-winning investigative journalist, Guinn is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and the Texas Literary Hall of Fame. He lives in Fort Worth.