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Slacker, Richard Linklater (1990)

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John Slate who plays the librarian writing a book about J.F.K. in Richard Linklater’s Slacker (1990) today works as a city archivist at Dallas Municipal Archives.

Zagreb, 10 September 2022

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[Free eBook] Fires of Vengeance by John Russell Fearn [Western]

Fires of Vengeance by the late British author John Russell Fearn is a vintage standalone western historical action adventure novel novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Frontier imprint.

This was originally published in 1956 by Brown Watson under the title Phantom Avenger using the pseudonym Jed McCloud and also credited in later printings under the pseudonym John Slate before being reprinted with its current title and credit as part of the Linford Western Library.

The story is a tale of retribution against injustice, centred around a criminally-minded partnership looking to exploit a valuable oil field in Texas by eliminating competing claims and instituting a reign of terror by recruiting an outlaw gang to suppress the locals, only to find a mysterious “phantom avenger” rising up in revenge against his plans.

Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.

Free for a limited time @ Amazon (should be available worldwide).

Description Sparks are flying in the wild west…

Clem Dawlish and his partner, Amos Grant, are on the hunt for oil.

Their decade-long quest has lead them to the sun-soaked wilderness of Texas, where they have finally discovered a valuable oil field in otherwise arid land.

Tens of thousands of dollars lay hidden beneath the ground, and they are the only two who know about it.

But before they can stake their claim, the ranchers and homesteaders must be eliminated.

They plan to initiate a reign of terror, creating a phantom who will start a ruthless and bloody war, eliminating everything and everyone in his path.

His gang will not think twice before they kill, just as long as they can gain their own ends.

So cunning is their scheme that nothing can be proved against Dawlish, the mastermind behind the reign of terror.

Drunk on power and greed, he becomes convinced that he can manipulate the townspeople of Canterville, whilst keeping them unaware of his murderous deeds.

But his villainy does not go unchallenged for long.

Another ‘phantom’ arises, with the sole purpose of seeking revenge upon Dawlish, Grant and their band of crooks.

But can this phantom prevent Dawlish from enacting his terrible plans?

One thing is for sure – Dawlish will not go down without a fight…

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