The Doomsday Marshal and the Mountain Man

by Ray Hogan

Book Overview

Wilkinson is a merciless seven-foot-tall bru te, three hundred pounds of murderous outlaw. But a lone law man, cool and controlled, is on Wilkinson''s trail. That man is John Rye, the Doomsday... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843948493
• ISBN13: 9780843948493
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

The Doomsday Marshal & the Mountain Man - can't put it down!

This is the first book by Ray Hogan that I have had the pleasure of reading, and it will definitely not be the last. If you like Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey and Max Brand, you will surely like this one. John Rye, known as the "Doomsday Marshal", has been sent by his superior to capture one Hode Wilkinson, a tremendous bull of a man, who has been terrorizing the West for a long time. Now, he has gone too far - having been captured by an Army patrol and turned over to the local lawman for safekeeping, pending transfer to a more-appropriate place for trial, Wilkinson breaks out of the jail and makes his escape. He has taken a young Indian maiden prisoner, and her intended is on his trail with other members of his tribe. Rye must find Wilkinson before the Indians do, and if the young maiden is still alive, get her safely back to her people and at the same time deliver Wilkinson to a jail for the overdue trial. Along the way, Rye's horse is pushed off a mountain trail by the hunted man, and Rye is found, badly injured from the fall down the mountainside, by a young lady and her uncle. They nurse him back to reasonable health, and while he is still sore, Wilkinson finds their home and kills the uncle before being driven off, wounded, by Rye. Rye and the girl, Dixie, go in search of Wilkinson, and in a "can't put the book down" series of events finally capture him and find the Indian maiden still alive. Then they are captured by the Indians, who intend to put Rye to their own brand of torture then death. Escaping with Wilkinson, then being recaptured, then escaping again, they finally are within sight of the town which has a jail for the prisoner. There ends the story, but one wishes that Rye could allow himself to finally commit to someone, and admit how much he loves Dixie. We are not told what happened next, so the reader must just imagine that he did confess to her and ask for her hand, which she has made no secret of wanting. One can only hope. This book is a must-read for anyone who loves a good Western.