Author: J. C. Gotcher
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS, FALCON), Oct 2003
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-59228-122-2
Synopsis
A captivating novel of a wagon train scout & a band of Apaches who are determined to hunt him down, no matter the cost. The scout, quickly dubbed ?Shadow,? turns the tables, & the Apaches become the hunted, as well as hunters. 6x9 inches, 240 pgs.
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Doc, a young scout and hunter on his first trip out West, gets separated from his wagon train when he encounters a band of Llanero Apache warriors, with fatal results for two young warriors. The Apaches, in search of glory and revenge, begin the hunt for the white man they come to call ?Shadow.? But Shadow is a capable enemy who quickly turns the tables, with the hunters becoming the hunted, too. The struggle becomes a three-way test of wits and wills among Doc and Gunsi, brutal and cunning, who leads by intimidation, and Toh-Yah, a wiser, more strategic thinker, who leads by example?the two would-be chiefs of the Apache band, each of whom has buried a younger brother lost to Shadow.
Shadow Warrior is, in addition to a thrilling action epic, an engrossing character study, with both the white man and the Apache treated sympathetically. The tension builds as the respect of Shadow for Apache, Toh-Yah for Shadow, and even?grudgingly, and too late?Gunsi for Shadow, grows.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
J. C. Gotcher is a lifelong resident of Texas, and a graduate of the University of Texas, with a BBA in Management. For twenty-six years he?s worked in the oil and gas industry, first as a roughneck, then as a surveyor, and for the past twenty years, as a landman, determining property ownership, initiating oil and gas leases, and negotiating contracts for mineral rights. As a child and young man, he spent time in both his West Texas hometown of Midland and the Texas Hill Country ranches of his parents, uncles, and grandparents. His lifetime involvement with horses, hunting, fishing, and ?seeing new country? drive the narrative and description of Shadow Warrior.