A RIVETING LIFE & DEATH ROMP ACROSS TEXAS
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Steven Long brings a robust and well-rounded knowledge of history to Ruby's Passing and weaves it into the story of Elias Logan, an AWOL psychopathic killer possessed by the evil entity, Giromalo Savanorola Demon. After killing a family of three in the sleepy but mob controlled Texas town of Dickinson, the errant soldier steals his victim's car and runs for the Mexican border in a terrifying escape attempt across Texas. The book is lled with legendary gures and events of the mid twentieth century. Steven Long skillfully introduces unforgettable characters like Orville Crump, a hapless and corrupt Texas constable who was offended and obsessed the killings happened on his watch; Sheriff Sam Patchcock, the immensely wealthy West Texas lawman who only put on a badge because he became weary of rustlers stealing cattle on his ranch - a spread 70 miles across in any direction; Sven Fredriksen, a man with a past who taps the rich ore of an abandoned silver mine and then secretly hoards it, and Rosemary Allan who inherits wealth to match Patchcock's own. Steven & his rescued horse, “Facade”, work on bending.
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32 HORSEBACK MAGAZINE - June 2012
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