Gunman's Reckoning
Written by: Max Brand
Narrated by: Al Kessel
Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:12-27-16
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
What a delightful listen from a very talented narrator. The
author has lived out his time in book he wrote long ago. It is really a shame
this author die as a war correspondent in Italy in 1944 at the age of 51. He
was a very talented author with a lot of stories published. This was one of his
best that is very entertaining with characters that are down on their luck
trying to make a buck. The author gives vivid details that you have no trouble
picturing in your mind add the narrator and you have one heck of a listen. I
had a little trouble getting into this but once I was I couldn’t wait to see
what happened.
Mr. Kessel adds so much to this story with his very talented
voice giving me a story I really got hooked on. His character voice fit each
character to a T pulling the listener in making them believe it is real. I had
no trouble at all picturing each scene with vivid detail in my mind. Mr. Kessel
characters are wonderful he gives them such emotion from chuckling when the
character does to anger when mad and sad when heartbroken. His male voices are
just as good as his female ones. There was no background noise, not a place
where the volume was higher or lower than anywhere else in the audio, if any
breaks were taken I could not tell. He gives you a clear, clean and crisp
listen that hooks you almost from the start. His performance is outstanding he
knows how to deliver a wonderful audio. I really feel like I would enjoy the audio
over the book it feel more alive more real. When you get to the part about the
housekeeper you just get a creepy feeling just as the author plans you to the
narrator really carries it out giving you a compelling listen I could not put
down.
The story is based on lies, adventure, excitement, love,
mystery, forgotten love, old love, new love that twists it way into your heart.
At times I felt sorry for Donnegan and other times I thought he got what he
deserved. No matter what he always put the colonel’s daughter first. Her
happiness over his even in danger she always comes first. It is hard not to
like a man like that. I am not sure just what I think of the Colonel he is so
wishy washy at times you cannot really get a handle on him. You think you know
him and he changes right before your eyes. He is a very wise man but I do think
more of a BS than most which makes him in dearing at times.
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Summary
Frederick Schiller Faust was a prolific writer who wrote
under a number of pseudonyms. One of these was Max Brand. Gunman's Reckoning
is the story of a drifter who is given the job of righting a great wrong. In
the midst of carrying out his task, he finds out that he was not told the
entire truth. He continues anyway, because in doing the job, he has stumbled on
the answer to a long quest of his own. This book is a western romance that has
a bit of everything: love, mystery, lies, action and humor. It's a must listen
for all those who love westerns.
A gunman agrees to do a rich man’s dirty work in this classic
Western from one of the genre’s early masters
Donnegan is not proud of his past. But when words ran dry and matters could only be settled with a gun, he never hesitated to make things right. Now fate has led him to The Corner, a wide-open gold-mining town in the valley where two rivers join. An invalid by the name of Colonel Macon wants Donnegan to settle a long-standing land claim that’s been taken over by outlaws. Charmed by the colonel’s beautiful daughter, the gunman agrees. But nothing is as it seems in The Corner, where the line separating good from evil is so badly blurred it might not be there at all.
A contemporary of Zane Grey and a major influence on Louis L’Amour, Max Brand was a true master of the Western. Gunman’s Reckoning is a fine example of the moral complexity, fluid prose, and nonstop action that defines the best of his wor
Donnegan is not proud of his past. But when words ran dry and matters could only be settled with a gun, he never hesitated to make things right. Now fate has led him to The Corner, a wide-open gold-mining town in the valley where two rivers join. An invalid by the name of Colonel Macon wants Donnegan to settle a long-standing land claim that’s been taken over by outlaws. Charmed by the colonel’s beautiful daughter, the gunman agrees. But nothing is as it seems in The Corner, where the line separating good from evil is so badly blurred it might not be there at all.
A contemporary of Zane Grey and a major influence on Louis L’Amour, Max Brand was a true master of the Western. Gunman’s Reckoning is a fine example of the moral complexity, fluid prose, and nonstop action that defines the best of his wor
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