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Title: Guild
Author: Ed Gorman
Narrator: Kenneth Campbell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-17-16
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Genres: Fiction, Westerns
Publisher's Summary:
Guild the bounty hunter just wants to collect his latest reward, but a beautiful woman, a man from his past, and a wild lynch mob are going to do all they can to make sure Guild sticks around - even if it means his death.
Members Reviews:
A Gem of a Read, from a Legend
The late Ed Gorman wrote in many different genres, he was quite the wordsmith, if you read any of his books, you were hooked and you would read anything published.
'Guild' was his first Western. I've read many of Gorman's other westerns, but man it's been a while, since I've been sucked into a book, that's so effortless to read and one that is basically a Western mystery.
My all-time favorite theme in the Western genres are the Ranger/U.S. Deputy Marshal/Sheriff books. With 'Guild' it's about a bounty hunter named Leo Guild, a former Sheriff, whose scarred from a traumatic accident while wearing a badge and now supports himself running down wanted Outlaws.
Which was what brought him to the town Danton, a town in trouble embattled two rivals that own it and one's failure of a son.
I don't want to give away too much of the story, but the reader will end up being put into the pages by Ed Gorman, you'll meet many unique characters, has the typical good verse evil and just wish he'd have let Annie live.
Totally enjoying Guild, definitely will be reading the three other books in this series. Ed Gorman is one of those authors everyone needs to read, once you do, you'll realize why he was much beloved by his fans and this one would make a great introduction to his writing.
He's one of a few authors, that he'll have you reading genres that you never tried, just because you love his writing and I highly recommend that you do.
Action packed western
A very well written book that held my attention. Would recommend to anyone interested in westerns. The characters were introduced through out the story.
Not what I thought
After reading this I was disappointed. This was not really a western. Just one of Ed Gorman`s mysteries wrapped up to pass it`s self off as a western. Time to saddle up and find real westerns by Charles West, Ralph Cotton or Elmore Leonard. These gentleman know what westerns are all about.
GUILD by Ed Gorman
GUILD is Ed Gorman's first Western. It was published in 1987, and reissued by Leisure Books this past April. The protagonist is a former lawman turned bounty hunter with a past--one terrible incident--that haunts him. He shot and killed a young girl and can't forgive himself. He now resides on society's fringes and survives by his wit and strength.
The novel opens with Guild dragging a bounty into the town of Danton. The man's name is Maloney and he is friendly and likable. He is so likable he convinces Guild to purchase a bucket of beer to share before they hit the Sheriff's office and jail. Once Maloney has been safely turned over and Guild has the chit in his pocket he decides to find a place to stay. He chooses a boarding house in town where he meets an angry young man that has a much larger affect on Guild's life than expected.
Shortly thereafter, the young man is charged with a bank heist and his partner--a beautiful young woman that Guild becomes very protective of--drags Guild into the fray. It turns out Danton isn't the town it seems to be on the surface. The law is crooked, and the town's founding family will do anything to keep their power and wealth.
