As a freelance writer, Jack Naile was used to getting an occasional letter from one of his readers, but when one of those readers sent him a clipping from a magazine, it would not only change his life, but could alter the course of history as well. The clipping had a photo, taken in Nevada in 1903, of a street scene, including a story with a sign, “Jack Naile—General Merchandise.”
Intrigued, Jack phoned the Nevada town’s historian and asked for more information. When the historian sent him a photo of the 19th century Jack Naile, what had seemed like an interesting coincidence immediately became much more bizarre. The four people in the photo, dressed in the style of the time, were unmistakably Jack, his wife, their grown son and teenage daughter. Jack decided he would have to take a trip to that town to investigate further. And if he and his family were somehow going to travel back in time, he was going to be prepared—and be well-armed.
About the Author
Jerry and Sharon Ahern have published over 80 novels in the categories of general fiction, science fiction, horror and adventure, with sales figures in excess of ten million copies. Their series “The Survivalist,” a post-holocaust science fiction adventure series, has continued for nearly three decades and is currently enjoying high sales in audio versions. Their story “Silent Pace” was nominated for a Horror Writers of America award. Jerry is a leading expert on holsters and concealed weapons and a frequent contributor to Guns & Ammo magazine. Sharon is also a magazine photographer, with her b&w and color photos internationally published.
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Product ReviewThe quality of writing was fairly low -- possibly acceptable for a first book, if you're being really generous. I've run across a few authors whose first books were this bad, but later shaped up to be OK.
Imagine my surprise when I discover they've previously written some 60 books.
Cardboard characters. You had to look carefully to see who the viewpoint characters currently were, since they all seemed the same.
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Product ReviewReading this was not a good investment of my time.
Stereotypical characters of both genders, and outright misogynistic in parts. I was incredulous all the way through that 1 or 2 women could have contributed to this book.
I found the pacing to be lurchy, and technologically the ePub was badly formatted with no breaks between scenes.
TR was a worthwhile character, the original premise was cool enough, and the desert setting was nicely evoked. Some battles were exciting. As others have said, it's strongest for the gun and tobacco fetish audiences.
And yes, nonetheless I did finish reading it. Partly it was stubbornness, but I was also hoping for a plot-heavy payoff. Nope.
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Product ReviewI am a fan of Jerry Ahern, I own almost the entire Survivilist series, I think the Aherns made a good effort with this story. I enjoyed it and will probily reread it again. Good work.
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Product ReviewGreat plot line, somewhat tedious execution. Really enjoyed the gun scenes, they were written with the style of someone who knows what they are talking about. Even as a right-wing nut-job, I found some of the political material over the top.
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Product ReviewGun porn and political diatribe. And not very good diatribe. Overall quite disappointed. It was a good idea, but execution was painful. Won't be buying another one from them.
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Product ReviewI thought it was OK, but I definitely got tired of the authors' fetishizing the smoking and guns.
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Product ReviewPainfully, painfully bad.
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