Beartooth Incident

Trailsman # 332

by

Jon Sharpe

 (David Robbins)

In the frozen Beartooth Mountains, Fargo is rescued by a kindly wilderness woman named Mary Harper and her children. But when the brutal Cudgel Sten and his gang decide they want what the Harpers have, the Trailsman is going to give the snowbound sidewinders what they deserve.

Before we even get into the story, Skye Fargo was already up against it. Lost in a blizzard in the Beartooth Range there was a good chance he would die. Then he almost did, falling down a snowy cliff until he came to a halt at the bottom. When he'd gathered himself, he'd lost his horse and his gun. The only thing he had left was his Arkansas Toothpick.

However, danger lurked everywhere, and it wasn't long before starving wolves had Fargo pegged for their next meal. But the Trailsman wasn't about to become dog food.

Rescued by Mary Harper and her two children, one would have been forgiven that our intrepid hero was safe enough. But Mary had her own problems. Cud Sten and his men being all of them. Now it was up to Fargo to repay the debt. If they didn't kill him first.

I'm not sure who wrote this story but it was a rip-roaring tale. Plenty of action and suspense--especially the scene with the wolves. If you ask me, that should have been the final act in the book because it had everything you want in a climax.

However overall, I enjoyed the story, and it kept me interested to the very end.