Apache Ransom

Name: Apache Ransom
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Clay Fisher
ISBN: 9781470852283

Author: Clay Fisher

Narrator: Armando Durán

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Western

Published: 12/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

All Ben Allison wants in El Paso is to buy a horse. But after the sale falls through, he runs into an old acquaintance and agrees to escort her son home to his father. But Ben is late and misses the stagecoach, and when it’s attacked by Apaches, the boy is kidnapped because Ben wasn’t there to protect him. Will he be able to fix the mess he never intended to be a part of in the first place?

About Clay Fisher

Henry Wilson Allen (1912–1991), also known as Will Henry and Clay Fisher, was a prolific author of Western fiction. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he worked as a stable hand and gold miner before becoming a full-time writer. He wrote more than fifty novels, including eight that were made into feature films. He is a five-time recipient of the Golden Spur Award and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.

About Armando Durán

Armando Durán has appeared in films, television, and regional theaters throughout the West Coast. For the last decade he has been a member of the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2009 he was named by AudioFile as Best Voice in Biography and History for his narration of Che Guevara. A native Californian, he divides his time between Los Angeles and Ashland, Oregon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alton on October 07, 2020

Post-Civil War Texas, 8-year-old son of the Texas governor is kidnapped by Apaches for ransom. Seven Texas rangers track them to Mexico, but they are ambushed, and only Ben Allison survives. He is nursed back to health by local padre, then they go after the Apaches. The Apaches in turn are ambushed......more

Quotes

“The most critically acclaimed Western writer of this or any other time!” Loren D. Estleman, five-time recipient of the Spur Award, praise for the author