Valley of the Shadow

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Summary: A book you can't stop reading till the very last page.
Review: From the moment you start reading Valley of the Shadow, until the very last page. you'll be engrossed in it. A dark and sinister mood engulfs the characters, the towns, and the countryside throughout the entire story. This is a terrific book to curl up with, on a warm bed in a dark room, just make sure there's no black crows sitting outside your window.

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Summary: A fresh and captivating story, extremely well-written.
Review: Valley of the Shadow is a page-turner. The story grabs yourinterest from the first page, where you meet Jerod, the youngidealistic preacher who finds his world and everything he believes in shaken to the very foundations by the untimely death of his new wife. The setting is the Old West, in the time of horses and wagons and dust covered towns separated by miles of wilderness and beauty untamed by man. These authors skillfully lay out word pictures that create rich visual images in your mind of the surroundings, the people, and the events. You feel like you are there. In the midst of his confusion and pain Jerod finds himself propelled on a mission, to gather together an unlikely team of men, all sensing they are about to face one huge and very threatening challenge from the dark realm of the supernatural. His first pick is John Sheppard, an older former sheriff, forced into retirement after suffering near fatal gunshot wounds that left him with a crippled gun hand. The second man is Clifford Washington, a black man, a one-time deputy turned bounty hunter, refusing to accept the inferior class status inflicted on other members of his race by white men. Then finally there's Frank Meadows, a hardened cold-blooded killer whom Jerod finds and rescues from the swinging end of a rope. These four men come together to do battle with the unknown, with their lives and those of many others hanging in the balance. As the reader you go on the exciting and hair-raising journey with them, through richly detailed and descriptive narrative of every turn of events. The collaboration of Earl Hardy and Naoma Hardy has produced a fascinating story about an old theme, the battle between good and evil, in a fresh combination of two totally different genres, old-time western adventure and modern science fiction. This book is entertaining and interesting, with a surprise ending you do not expect and cannot anticipate. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Fun and filled with action, you won't put it down
Review: Valley of the Shadow is filled with action and captivating struggle between good and evil. Fun and fast to read, I'll keep this one on the shelf for another read later, I don't do that with many books. I found myself wanting more or another or the next, hope I don't have to wait too long. This book would be a great study for any junior high or high school English class, or conversion to a movie script! Thank you Earl and Naoma for money well spent

Rating:
Summary: Fun and filled with action, you won't put it down
Review: Valley of the Shadow is filled with action and captivating struggle between good and evil. Fun and fast to read, I'll keep this one on the shelf for another read later, I don't do that with many books. I found myself wanting more or another or the next, hope I don't have to wait too long. This book would be a great study for any junior high or high school English class, or conversion to a movie script! Thank you Earl and Naoma for money well spent