Genre : Western Published : 2003 Pages : 110 Format : E-book

“They were quick and moved with violence and their eyes were cold . How and why creatures this fierce had come to the reduced state of pensioners disgusted her .”

Summary : Elena , a woman that was enslaved and brutally raped , breaks free and finds a group of former United States – Mexican war veterans . After a rough first night the veterans agree to help Elena go back and rescue her sister Celine from the slavers . Slavers who still worship the old gods of Mexico and regularly offer them human sacrifices .

“Beneath the black concentric circles painted across her cheeks and chin and the black crescent moons which hollowed the eyes burning up at them and the black slashing , across the eyes and nose , her skin hung off her face like slugs crawling.”

Review : Hey um … this book is brutal . Good but it doesn’t hold back . It involves depictions of torture , rape , human sacrifice , and infanticide . I think the book is great but go in with a thick skin .

“The West was gangrene and thirst and rivers red with blood and skies so big they could crush you like a bug .”

Recommendations : Books

1. The Quick and the Dead by Louis L’Amour
2. The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout
3. The Virginian by Owen Wicker
4. The Ruins by Scott Smith
5. The Damnation Game by Clive Barker

Songs

1. Last Man Standing – Hammerfall
2. Bullet With a Name – Nonpoint
3. Coward of the County – Kenny Rogers
4. Gonna Need a Grave – Urban Country
5. They’re Hanging Me Tonight – Marty Robbins

Movies

1. The Shootist (1976)
2. Hang’Em High (1968)
3. Enter The Dragon (1973)
4. Joe Kidd (1972)
5. Billy Jack (1971)