The Rock Of Kiever

By Max Brand

Book Overview

THREE OF BRAND'S BEST Here are three of Max Brand's classic short novels, all carefully restored from Brand's own manuscripts, and collected in paperback for the first time. In "Range Jester," Barry Home, once a free spirited cowboy, now an ex-convict, returns to the small town of Loomis. His return is scarcely a welcome one, least of all by the rancher whose testimony was vital in securing Barry's conviction. "Slow Bill" is the story of young Jim Legrange, who feels he can never live up to the success of his father, a millionaire rancher. He leaves home for an abandoned gold rush town, where he runs into Jack Rooney. Rooney, an old prospector, has a photograph of Jim's father in a place of honor, but he calls the man in the picture Slow Bill and says he was once his partner. And in "The Rock of Kiever," the best friend of Texas Ranger Charlie Stayn is killed during a raid. Charlie swears vengeance against the killers and defies the ranger code, heading into the Kiever Mountains to track them down.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477838953
• ISBN13: 9781477838952
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Introduction To An All-Time Master!

The Rock of Kiever is just one of dozens of Max Brand collections put out by Leisure books. But this particular collection of three novellas is an excellent place for new readers to begin appreciating the work of this incredibly talented author. The novellas collected here are as diverse as they are entertaining. From the myth-like title entry to the action and suspense of Range Jester, the whole spectrum is covered. And Slow Bill harkens to Dickens's Great Expectations in theme. Max Brand is one of the most important authors of the last century. Condsidering that these stories are 70-80 years old and are still as fresh as the day they first appeared is a testimony to Brand's genius. And Rock of Kiever is the perfect jumping on point. I highly recommend it.