Preacher's Strike

Name: Preacher's Strike
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: William W. Johnstone
ISBN: 9798331916329

Author: William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone

Series: First Mountain Man

Narrator: J. Rodney Turner

Unabridged: 9 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/24/2024

Categories: Fiction, Western, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Preacher leads a search party for a missing woman—and finds himself caught in the crossfire of cutthroat kidnappers, savage Sioux warriors, and one cunning captive . . .

Preacher is heading home to the mountains when he's approached by a wealthy European with an unusual proposition. He wants the legendary mountain man to track down his missing cousin—a reckless young woman who fled to America with her lover—and he's willing to pay a small fortune to find her. Preacher isn't one to get mixed up in the affairs of fancy foreigners, but he reluctantly agrees. The search is on. Striking westward from St. Louis, Preacher quickly begins to suspect that this search party is doomed. And this trail will lead to some very dead ends . . .

First off, they discover that the missing woman's American lover was killed by Teton Sioux years ago. Secondly, the murderous Knox gang heard about the rich European's fortune and plan to kidnap him for a ransom. Thirdly, a fierce band of Sioux warriors launch an attack on Preacher and his men. Things are looking pretty grim. But the biggest shock of all comes when Preacher finally meets the missing woman herself—and sees what she did to survive . . .

About William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling western writer in America, and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over fifty million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the greatest western writer of the twenty-first century."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on February 14, 2025

Once again Preacher agrees to help a European on a mission in the West and once again he finds himself caught up in a tangled web of mystery, bad guys, and bloodthirsty Indians.......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on September 11, 2024

Preacher's Strike by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone is another western with some european connections. This time it's not vikings but people from a mde up duchy close to germany. It is a classic Preacher story starting in St. Louis with someone needing his help going out in the wilderness.......more

Goodreads review by Prof. on February 13, 2025

The American West, as chronicled in fiction, is an arena of paradoxes: civilization against wilderness, law against lawlessness, progress against the immutable rhythms of nature. No figure embodies this conflict more fully than the mountain man—a breed of loner whose moral code is older than any law......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on December 17, 2024

Preacher’s Strike is the next book in the series featuring of course preacher by William W Johnstone and Jay.A Johnstone. Preacher, dog and horse are heading back up the mountain when preacher stops in to have a beer and meets a man named Jeffrey Van Warren, sent by the Elpine royalty to find his co......more

Goodreads review by Denice on August 23, 2024

There is no such thing as a bad Johnstone western. Each series is built around main characters whose belief in the law and family is absolute, even if they've had to be reformed to get there. From Preacher, the original mountain man to the Jensen family to Perly Gates, to.....well, you get the point......more