The Devil's Crossing

Name: The Devil's Crossing
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: J. A. Johnstone
ISBN: 9781666188684

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

Series: Preacher & MacCallister #4

Narrator: J. Rodney Turner

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/26/2022

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Wagon trains carrying immigrants along the Oregon Trail are falling prey to outlaws. Most families surrender their valuables and goods peacefully, but anybody brave enough to resist gets a bullet. The gang's latest victim was a wagon master who sought to protect his charges only to die in the dust. With the blood of good men being spilled and families being terrorized, Preacher and Jamie MacCallister volunteer to escort the next wagon train.

Preacher travels with the settlers while MacCallister trails along at a distance, scouting for trouble. Their odyssey across the unforgiving territory takes them through violent storms and into the sights of hostile Indians. Battered and weary, the travelers are no match for the blood-lusting, trigger-happy gang—and Preacher is unprepared to meet the one outlaw he never expected to see again . . .

About J. A. Johnstone

J. A. Johnstone learned to write from the master himself, Uncle William W. Johnstone, who began tutoring J. A. at an early age. After-school hours were often spent retyping manuscripts or researching his massive American western history library as well as the more modern wars and conflicts. J. A. worked hard and learned, later going on to become the coauthor of William W. Johnstone's many bestselling westerns and thrillers. J. A. Johnstone lives on a ranch in Tennessee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 14, 2022

A rousing adventure on the Oregon Trail. Bandits are attacking and slaughtering immigrants headed west on the trail and Preacher and Jamie are hired to end the outlaws reign on terror. Formulaic and predictable? Yes. Exciting and page turning? Definitely yes. One of the better of the recent Johnston......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on March 04, 2022

Another wagon train is attacked, not many survivors. Will Preacher be able to help with stopping the band of killers? The Devil's Crossing is a new book in the Preacher and MacCalllister series by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. What can be more classic western story than a wagon train with......more

Goodreads review by Laur on January 06, 2024

The Devil’s Crossing was named such because it was a place marked by horror of a Wagon Train coming through where 63 people was massacred, and all their goods stolen by a band of outlaws. Some women were kidnapped to be sold. The large gang must be stopped or wagon trains and the families in them he......more

Goodreads review by Leslie Colwell on April 03, 2023

Disappointing I was looking forward to reading this book but it was very slow not much action a book with Preacher and Jamie MacCallister should have been fun to read this was not almost boring at times.......more

Goodreads review by Denice on April 07, 2023

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