THE BRASS STAR
A Novel
Frontier Western
By Brian F Turner
After taking terrible vengeance on the murderers of his wife and baby, twenty-eight-year-old Frank Brass follows up on an invitation to become a lawman.
He makes his way to wild Ellsworth, Kansas, where he establishes a reputation as a Deputy Marshal. Later, in Laramie, Wyoming, he becomes the County Sheriff and deals with thieves and murderers. As a Deputy U.S. Marshal, he contends with organized big ranchers that declare war on smaller outfits, shooting and lynching throughout Wyoming.
Brass eventually has to avenge the murder of one of his own deputies and his young fiance. Along the way, he falls in love with the widow of a man he is forced to gun down.
I have just finished reading "The Brass Star" and very much enjoyed it. I don't usually read the western genre, but after enjoying another one of Mr. Turners' novels (Kye Bay), I was curious. The characters in "The Brass Star" are realistic and memorable, his story has a great plot with great writing. Well done. I am now compelled to buy "The Brass Chronicle" as it is the first book in the set.
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