This takes place in the wild West. Jack's family has died and his sister has been kidnapped by ruthless outlaws, so he hires trackers to find her and goes along with them. I liked the voice (Jack's 1st person) right away, and the characters are very colorful. At times the characters were over the top; I was thinking that the book's black and white cover didn't represent the book well; but then the violence kept piling on. I usually don't like reading violence but I kept with it because I know that that was how things were in the wild West, and a lot of the violence was told in the past tense by a person relating an incident, and the overall story was entertaining. It was an adventure. The dialogue was really good, humorous at times; although the stories that various characters told (always violent) slowed the pace a bit. 3.5 stars.