Fargo 3: Alaska Steel

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Fargo 3: Alaska Steel by John Benteen, Piccadilly Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Benteen ISBN: 9781311239242
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing Publication: January 31, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: John Benteen
ISBN: 9781311239242
Publisher: Piccadilly Publishing
Publication: January 31, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This is the second volume in John Benteen's outstanding series about soldier of fortune Neal Fargo. It opens in Hollywood in 1914, where Fargo is working temporarily as an actor, of all things, playing a villain in a silent Western movie directed by Thomas Ince. Ince is the only real-life character to make an appearance in this novel; the hero of the picture is fictional, as is a beautiful actress Fargo meets.
Ince wants Fargo to continue making movies and claims that he can be a big star, but Fargo isn’t interested in make-believe. Having lived a life of adventure, he needs the real thing. So when the actress, Jane Deering, asks him to go to Alaska and find out what happened to her husband, who disappeared there several years earlier while prospecting for gold, Fargo agrees without hesitation. He’s less enthusiastic about the idea of Jane coming along with him to look for the missing man, but she convinces him.
Naturally, things don’t go well, and Fargo and Jane wind up in all sorts of danger in the gold fields of the untamed Yukon country. There are vigilantes, a mysterious killer, blizzards, and assorted mushing around on dog sleds and snowshoes. As usual, Benteen spins his yarn in tough, hardboiled prose without a wasted word to be found. He’s one of the best pure action writers I’ve ever run across. ALASKA STEEL is a prime example of a short, gritty adventure novel, and like all of John Benteen's work it’s well worth reading.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This is the second volume in John Benteen's outstanding series about soldier of fortune Neal Fargo. It opens in Hollywood in 1914, where Fargo is working temporarily as an actor, of all things, playing a villain in a silent Western movie directed by Thomas Ince. Ince is the only real-life character to make an appearance in this novel; the hero of the picture is fictional, as is a beautiful actress Fargo meets.
Ince wants Fargo to continue making movies and claims that he can be a big star, but Fargo isn’t interested in make-believe. Having lived a life of adventure, he needs the real thing. So when the actress, Jane Deering, asks him to go to Alaska and find out what happened to her husband, who disappeared there several years earlier while prospecting for gold, Fargo agrees without hesitation. He’s less enthusiastic about the idea of Jane coming along with him to look for the missing man, but she convinces him.
Naturally, things don’t go well, and Fargo and Jane wind up in all sorts of danger in the gold fields of the untamed Yukon country. There are vigilantes, a mysterious killer, blizzards, and assorted mushing around on dog sleds and snowshoes. As usual, Benteen spins his yarn in tough, hardboiled prose without a wasted word to be found. He’s one of the best pure action writers I’ve ever run across. ALASKA STEEL is a prime example of a short, gritty adventure novel, and like all of John Benteen's work it’s well worth reading.

More books from Piccadilly Publishing

Cover of the book The Gunsmith 403: Lawman's Sunset by John Benteen
Cover of the book Renegade 29: Peril in Progreso by John Benteen
Cover of the book Angel 8: Stop Angel! by John Benteen
Cover of the book The Gunsmith 408: The Gold of Point Pinos by John Benteen
Cover of the book McAllister 2: McAllister and the Spanish Gold by John Benteen
Cover of the book Dusty Fog's Civil War 9: The Colt and the Saber by John Benteen
Cover of the book Jim Saddler 1: A Dirty Way to Die by John Benteen
Cover of the book The Storm Family 4: One Notch to Death by John Benteen
Cover of the book Dusty Fog's Civil War 1: Mississippi Raider by John Benteen
Cover of the book Sundance 6: The Bronco Trail by John Benteen
Cover of the book The Floating Outfit 16: The Half-Breed by John Benteen
Cover of the book Grimm Reaper 4: Dollars for the Reaper by John Benteen
Cover of the book Sundance 10: The Ghost Dancers by John Benteen
Cover of the book Clint Adams the Gunsmith 9: Little Sureshot and the Wild West Show by John Benteen
Cover of the book The Trail Ends at Hell by John Benteen
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy