The Man from Misery
Author | : David C. Noonan |
Publisher | : Thorndike Press Large Print |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-01-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 1432851918 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781432851910 |
Rating | : 4/5 (910 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Man from Misery written by David C. Noonan and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Emmet Honeycut, a sniper during the Civil War, shoots a girl about to burn to death in a hotel fire. Although acquitted of murder, he becomes a pariah in town, but is reprieved by a telegram from Major Kingston, his former commander. Kingston's niece, Faith, has been abducted and he offers Emmet money to join his rescue party, which includes six other skilled men, and a beautiful woman whom Emmet comes to love. Enrique Salazar and Yago Garza are merciless cousins who control Santa Sabino and who plan to auction off young girls, including Faith, to wealthy landowners as sex slaves. When Kingston is betrayed and captured, Emmet leads the attack, kills the cousins, and frees the girls. The locals embrace him as their hero"--