The Killing Season

by Ralph Compton

Book Overview

A gunfighter rides into legend in this western from USA Today bestselling author Ralph Compton.

It was the 1870s--Jesse and Frank James led daring raids on banks and trains. Doc Holliday's name struck dread in the hearts of men, and Wild Bill Hickok played poker with bullets in the hole. A young killer named Billy the Kid was hunted by a determined lawman, and a General named Custer took the Seventh Cavalry into Dakota Territory...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451187873
• ISBN13: 9780451187871
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable

I enjoyed this book not knowing it is part of a 3 (or is it 4?) book series covering the life & times of Nathan Stone. Killing Season is book # 2. Alot happens to the lead charachter and he gets in some truly unbelievable situations. I am about 140 pages into the 1st book now.

A fair to middling good story

Hi folks,I'm James Drury. I've just finished three novels by Ralph Compton in the last couple of weeks and this is one of them, so tonight I wanted to share with you my views on a rare writer that I think the world should be sad to have lost.Ralph Compton kept his books clean and readable for anyone, and that is certainly a rarity these days. He kept the action moving, and if you don't mind some historical inaccuracies you will really like his books. As the previous reviewer indicated, just please don't take Mr. Compton seriously on a lot of his writing where historical figures are represented. He is not always true to facts. His gun leather and much of his detail about western dress is also erroneous, and these are my reasons for not giving this book a five star rating. Otherwise, it is very readable.As an aside, I'm reading books on tape now by another author by the name of KIRBY JONAS, and I highly recommend that if you like Western novels you try him out. He has quickly become my favorite. And on his newer books, I am one of his proofreaders--so YES, I can vouch for his historical authenticity and beautiful writing style.

Compton at His Best

I have read seven Compton novels and "The Killing Season" is a cut above the rest. This book uses the strongest characters from the first novel to good advantage.One small negative that will not be apparent to the reader until reading the third Stone novel, "Autumn of The Gun" is Compton's weaving real historical figures into the novel. In this book, Compton does not distort history so the surfacing figures like Bill Hickok do not damage the storyline. If you choose to read "Autumn of The Gun", you need to consider that Compton's viewpoint (Which becomes Nathan Stone's viewpoint) about Wyatt Earp is not supported by historical fact.

Ralph Compton's Best book

I've read all of the books in the Nathan Stone series and I think this is the best one. In The Dawn of Fury, occasionally things got off track, and in The Autumn of the Gun, it was a little odd because the dates were off. But this is one of Ralph Compton's best books, and I'd recommend it to anyone.

It is a typical sequel.

The book ws very enjoyable. I just noticed that I could predict everything that was going to happen. Even though I knew what was going to heppen I still was very interested in the book the entire time. It was a real attention getter and it was non-stop action that kept me interested the whole time. I can't wait to read the final book of the triology.