Alaskan Vengeance

Skye Fargo loves poker, especially when the pot includes an Alaskan gold mine - and he's the winner. But when he arrives in Alaska to claim his riches, Fargo learns that there are plenty of vicious cutthroats, Russians, and Indians who will do anything to stop him. The Trailsman soon finds himself swept up in a whirlwind of deceit and death and it's beginning to look he won't make it out of Alaska alive.... Jon Sharpe presents the reader with a cracking read. A book that's filled with action - much of which is very graphically described. My favourite part involving a brown bear, this incident gripping my mind in all its gory horror. Setting this story in Alaska is a first as far as I know and I wondered if we were in for another first too; that of a Trailsman book without any sexual encounters for Fargo... but, of course, the women eventually turned up, Kira in particular catching my imagination - probably due to her in-ability to speak English correctly, leading to some humourous lines. Vassily Baranof, Frank Toomey and Gray Fox all being memorable characters too. And what of the gold and the fate of all these people? All I'll say is everything is tied up satisfactory by the end. Another great entry into the Trailsman series.