The Fire Brand
(2024)(The second book in the Hahmood and Westonbrook: Lawmen series)
A novel by Stuart G Yates
The second adventure in a new Western series from Stuart G. Yates!
Javier is a young tearaway who, after his mother’s untimely death, is taken into a Jesuit-run orphanage. This is where his torment begins. Under the cruel watch of the overseer, Ellis, Javier is subjected to a terrible time. His friendship with Little Elk, a Native girl, becomes his way of surviving the harsh environment, but when Little Elk is transported south, Javier learns the truth about the true function of the orphanage. Faced with forced relocation, Javier’s hatred for the priests and Ellis grows and changes him into a murderous renegade. After he escapes and falls in with a band of bank robbers, he comes under the attention of Westonbrook and Hahmood. What follows is a blood trail that can only have one conclusion, but along the way, Hahmood uncovers some disturbing secrets about his own past while Charlie struggles to come to terms with his feelings of shame and inadequacy.
Genre: Western
Javier is a young tearaway who, after his mother’s untimely death, is taken into a Jesuit-run orphanage. This is where his torment begins. Under the cruel watch of the overseer, Ellis, Javier is subjected to a terrible time. His friendship with Little Elk, a Native girl, becomes his way of surviving the harsh environment, but when Little Elk is transported south, Javier learns the truth about the true function of the orphanage. Faced with forced relocation, Javier’s hatred for the priests and Ellis grows and changes him into a murderous renegade. After he escapes and falls in with a band of bank robbers, he comes under the attention of Westonbrook and Hahmood. What follows is a blood trail that can only have one conclusion, but along the way, Hahmood uncovers some disturbing secrets about his own past while Charlie struggles to come to terms with his feelings of shame and inadequacy.
Genre: Western
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