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The Baron Honor
Forge Hardcover
ISBN: 0312867360
Loyalty
Can Be Bought. Honor Cannot.
Fresh from a war with rival rancher Miguel
Aguilar, and still licking family wounds, Martin Baron and
his son, Anson, go their separate ways as Jory Sherman
continues the epic saga of the Barons.
Martin heeds the call of the Texas Rangers,
hoping to restore honor to his native Texas as the storm of
war quickly approaches. News from the east speaks of a long
and drawn-out conflict between the Union and the
Confederacy. Though Martin never believed in slavery and
holds no loyalty to the Confederacy, the Rangers seem like
his best bet to defend his home and perhaps give him the
opportunity to bring Aguilar to justice. |
Unlike his father, whom he sees as abandoning the ranch
in its time of greatest need, Anson stays behind to pick up the pieces
after the war. He wishes to bring the Barons' ranch to new glory, but to
do so, he'll have to capture the elusive white bull, El Blanco Diablo,
to sire his herd. And, of course, there's Lorene Purvis, the beautiful
woman who's pledged her love to Anson; she may be the key to a new
start.
The trail soon grows rocky for the Baron men. When Aguilar escapes after
a bloody ambush, he has nothing but revenge against the Baron family
festering in his head. Meanwhile, Anson's vaqueros have abandoned
the Baron ranch, and a band of Apache have set their sights on making it
their own the only way they know how... by killing the man who runs it.
The Barons have always been respected, but as rough times roll in,
they're forced to reevaluate where their friends' loyalties lie, while
also questioning their own. One thing's for sure, they won't go down
without a fight, and they'll do anything to defend THE BARON HONOR.
Reviews...
"Jory Sherman is a wonderful writer, whose literary skills are certainly
evident in THE BARON HONOR. He doesn’t just tell a story but brings it
to life through his characters, places, situations and obvious knowledge
of history. When called for, he can paint with a broad brush. At other
times, he uses simple touches that make his people real, such as when
Martin Baron walked toward his son “…his boot heels making him wobble
slightly . . . .” In so many Westerns the people are narrowly defined,
papier-mâché; good ones are good, bad ones bad. Period. Jory gives them
depth, reveals other sides to their character. When I was reading THE
BARON HONOR I felt I was there. When I finished I wanted more."
--Bob St. John, author, retired columnist the Dallas Morning News,
author of ON DOWN THE ROAD.
"Baron Honor is Sherman at the top of his Civil War/Texas best. It has
wonderful character-driven analogies and surprises on a vast canvas of
violence, love and dedication. Buy it. Read it. Enjoy it."
---Max Evans, author of
The Rounders and Madam Millie
"Jory Sherman writes incomparably of early Texas, where the land is
bloody ground and so are the hearts of his characters. He knows the soul
and spirit and stubborn passion of those who forged the Lone Star State.
He knows its feuds, its honor, its dreams, its triumphs, its bullheaded
genius. He may well be the finest writer of historical novels in our
times."
---Richard
S. Wheeler
"Jory Sherman continues his fast-moving Baron Ranch series with a story
of blood on the Texas border at the time of the Civil War, when the
family finds brutal hands turned against them and fight fire with fire.
The reader hardly has time to catch his breath."
---Elmer Kelton
"Jory Sherman's description is at its well-recognized best...gritty,
sweaty, and bloody, yet when appropriate, is sweet, gentle, and
reassuring. In the historical background of Civil War Texas, there live
realistic characters, dealing with every conceivable emotion, good, bad,
vindictive, or desperate. A good read!"
---Don Coldsmith
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