Sexual politics on the western frontier. A triangle between an innocent girl, a young desperado, and a seasoned outlaw. The initial book in the Seth Strummar Series that "takes it inspiration more from Last Tango in Paris than Dry Gulch Ambush." [Booklist] "The plot is gripping, the action suspenseful, the writing powerful." [Library Journal] "A fine writer." [The New York The critically-acclaim¬ed Seth Strum¬mar series has been called a saga of sexual politics on the American frontier. Its conscious concept was to supply some balance in western literature and portray a gunfighter as he truly would have been in his personal interactions, especially with women. From the start, I intended to grow a morally corrupt man into a socially responsible citizen. True to his times, Seth is a chauvinist and believes in the efficacy of violence. In this first volume of the series, he takes his first steps toward redemption by saving a girl captive and setting a boy desperado on the right track.
Seth’s women are a rainbow of femininity: Esther, the victim he restores to mental health; Oriana, his first partner’s widow whose conniving defenses provoke revenge; Rosalinda, who tries to outwit him in violence; Sadie, who is paid to take his grief; Rico, who rises to the challenge of loving him; and Elena, his daughter, who nearly brings him down again, though Rico intervenes and revives his quest for moral worth.
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Seth’s women are a rainbow of femininity: Esther, the victim he restores to mental health; Oriana, his first partner’s widow whose conniving defenses provoke revenge; Rosalinda, who tries to outwit him in violence; Sadie, who is paid to take his grief; Rico, who rises to the challenge of loving him; and Elena, his daughter, who nearly brings him down again, though Rico intervenes and revives his quest for moral worth.
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