I like to read a western from time to time, to relax and think about a world about as far from technology as possible. C.M. Curtis has written a fine pair of westerns, which are disappointingly hard to find these days.
The good guys are good, the bad guys bad, and there is not a lot of gray in between. The plots are long and woven around multiple characters, which keeps the books interesting. Both are set in indeterminate places, with Return of the Outlaw somewhere hot and dry with many Mexican inhabitants, and West of Vermillion seemingly somewhere in the Rockies.
Of the two, I think I prefer West of Vermillion in that it's a bit more complex. Return of the Outlaw is a story of bad guys, and the good guy "who they done wrong" who reclaims what is rightfully his.
If you don't care for westerns, I wouldn't bother, but if you do, these are worth your while.
The good guys are good, the bad guys bad, and there is not a lot of gray in between. The plots are long and woven around multiple characters, which keeps the books interesting. Both are set in indeterminate places, with Return of the Outlaw somewhere hot and dry with many Mexican inhabitants, and West of Vermillion seemingly somewhere in the Rockies.
Of the two, I think I prefer West of Vermillion in that it's a bit more complex. Return of the Outlaw is a story of bad guys, and the good guy "who they done wrong" who reclaims what is rightfully his.
If you don't care for westerns, I wouldn't bother, but if you do, these are worth your while.
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