Outlaw Trackdown (The Trailsman, #389) by Jon Sharpe


Outlaw Trackdown (The Trailsman, #389)
Title : Outlaw Trackdown (The Trailsman, #389)
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ISBN : 0698139933
ISBN-10 : 9780698139930
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 178
Publication : First published March 4, 2014

Fargo is on the trail of a treacherous teen...After Skye Fargo is tossed in the pokey for brawling in the town of Horse Creek, the last thing he expects is the marshal to ask for his help. The notorious Cotton gang—led by a fifteen-year-old terror—has robbed the bank, and they have to be stopped. But the Trailsman doesn’t know that the young killer has a very special reason for riding wild—revenge. 

Outlaw Trackdown (The Trailsman, #389) Reviews

  • Lisa

    I just realized I have never reviewed this book which is a crime because it is my absolute favourite book and no one else has reviewed it either. I have read this book at least five times maybe closer to 10. I think I quote this boom so often that my friends know a few quotes. It’s a great book, hilarious, action packed, and dare I say deeper than some of the other trailsman novels. I absolutely loved Hoby Cotton. I mean, he was just awful but he was so wacky and entertaining. The kind of chaotic evil character that I can only compare to DC’s Joker. When Alfred says “some men just want to watch the world burn” he’s talking about Joker but I’m like this is very Hoby Cotton, too.

    Amanda Bremner was great, too. I found her relatable. She was extremely naive but feisty and wouldn’t take shit from anyone.

    This was the first Trailsman book I have read. I remember picking it up at a gas station, the cover appealing to me. I was hooked from the first chapter. The bar brawl and Fargo waking up in jail. He’s a smug little asshole but he’s charming in his own way. I tend to think of Fargo as “the good guy” seeming as he’s the protagonist and even hero of the story. In this particular novel I found him a bit more morally ambiguous than he is in a lot of the newer Trailsman novels. Almost a throwback to the very early ones by John Messiman. I found that made it a little more interesting. Right away he gets into a fight and ends up in jail and he is reluctant to join the Horse Creek posse because it wasn’t rewarding enough for him. He seems sick and tired of this shit (as I suppose one would after 389 books) and weary.

    Because of this the villain Hoby seems to see aspects of himself in Fargo, an interesting take. It seems like Hoby is trying to persuade him to the dark side. Fargo was one of the very few people Hoby could relate to.

    This book has likely been overlooked and under appreciated because of the sheer quantity of Trailsman books and because it was near the end of the series. However, it meant a lot to me and had many layers other than the obvious western adventure.