By
Blood Bound: The Smith & Sons Saga is a novella in
three parts reflecting its publication as a series of short stories in the
anthology Fathers: 12 Tales of the American West published by Western
Trail Blazer Publishing.
As the book opens Marshall Silas Smith is returning
to the town of Clancy, Nebraska on a late October morning. The air is chilly
for the forty-four year old Silas as well as his horses. For the men whose
bodies are tied to the saddles of the horses he is leading back to town the temperature
of the air or anything else no longer matters. Unfortunately that includes a
young deputy by the name of Wiley Patton whom Marshall Smith took with him on
the mission to track down and capture the two dangerous robbers. Marshall
Smith, despite the painful task ahead of him to talk to the parents of the dead
deputy, is glad to be back.
That was until he was told by his chief deputy that
a certain woman by the name of Mrs. Magda Corvelle has arrived in town by the
way of the stage. She wants to see the Marshall as soon as possible and the
news she brings is not good. Due to recent events the Marshall needs to take a
leave of absence and return to Kentucky and see about his sons. Two boys who
are now grown men and made it clear long ago they wanted nothing more to do
with him after he came home from the Civil War. Whether they know it or not
they need their Dad now more than ever and Silas Smith intends to get back into
contact with his estranged sons.
That will prove far more easily said than done for a
variety of reasons.
This western novella from Wayne Dundee is a very
good one featuring plenty of action and angst. The main characters involved are
flawed and yet, for the most part, decent human beings who are doing the best
they can. That often happens at the barrel of a gun as the bad guys are many in
this trilogy of linked short stories.
If you are not reading the books of Wayne D. Dundee
you are making a mistake. If you aren’t, By Blood Bound: The Smith & Sons Saga
is a good one to start on your Wayne D. Dundee reading list.
By
Blood Bound: The Smith & Sons Saga
Wayne
D. Dundee
Bil-Em-Ri
Media
Self-Published
December
2014
ASIN:
B00QGAR588
E-Book
130
Pages (estimated)
$0.99
Material supplied by the author in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2015
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