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The Law of the Trigger: A Classic Western of Frontier Justice and Survival
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515426318
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A hard-edged Western novel of violence, justice, and survival in a lawless frontier where authority is measured at gunpoint.
Clifton Adams's The Law of the Trigger presents a stark vision of the American West, shaped less by formal justice than by personal resolve and the ever-present threat of violence. In a landscape where institutions are fragile or absent, the novel follows men forced to define their own codes of conduct, confronting moral ambiguity and the consequences of decisive action. Adams's narrative avoids romanticism, instead offering a direct and unsentimental portrayal of frontier life.
Written in the tradition of mid-twentieth-century Western fiction, the work reflects Adams's reputation for realism and narrative economy. His prose is controlled and purposeful, emphasising character and tension over embellishment. The result is a compact and compelling Western that captures the harsh conditions and ethical uncertainties of its setting, appealing to readers of classic genre fiction and those interested in the evolution of the modern Western novel.
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