It’s a very engaging book, but in very different ways to a lot of what’s gone before it. The violence you’ve come to expect is present, but less gleeful and more unpleasant, keeping the overall tone more downbeat. It is a very well researched and immersive book, weaving a tale of multiple women linked by a desire for revenge. The difference is that these elements are treated as part of the wider story, and not the main event, and the focus is squarely on how these events impact the characters. That’s not to say that it’s a straight Western by any means, nor does it shy away from the splatter or the supernatural. The only real reason ‘A Savage Breed’ is so far down the list is for the crime of being a consistently good book, but not one that sticks in the memory as much as the other entries in the series.īook nine is perhaps the most grounded, and certainly the most serious of all the Splatter Western series. The three separate plot threads all dovetail nicely at the end and the book’s big bad is a memorable one, and something left menacingly vague throughout large portions of the book, which makes them all the more threatening. Liz Sawyer is a scene-stealer of the highest order and she screams ‘sequel’, to me at least. The characters are well developed and memorable and feature one of my favourites of all ten books. In fact, I’m hard-pressed to find fault with it. It is a testament to the quality of the Splatter Western series that this is the book selected for last place because it is a solid, entertaining book with a fun premise. 10 – A Savage Breed by Patrick C Harrison (Book Six) Worth risking life and limb, and maybe more? Worth risking being ripped to pieces by ravenous, inhuman brutes? Worth crossing paths with those strange, silent cult-folk from the high valley? Worth all the fire and bloodshed and horror and death?īecause something far worse than any ordinary traveling show has come to town, and one thing is for certain: those who survive, if any, will never forget the night Silver River run red.With the recent release of ‘They Built a Gallows For You and Me’ by Cody Higgins, marking the tenth release, I have tasked myself with the impossible ranking the Splatter Westerns! No mean feat, given how consistently excellent the line has been over the last year but, after a lot of agonizing and some fond reminiscing, here is my personal countdown to that coveted top spot. But how often does a chance like this come along? There isn't much else by way of excitement in quiet, peaceful Silver River, a once-prosperous boom town slowly gone bust. Not as if they'd be allowed to attend otherwise, not with parents and preacher and schoolmarm all disapproving. Exotic attractions and mysterious magics. Such as, sneaking out with your friends after dark for a peek at the traveling show setting up just outside of town. Some things, according to Cody McCall, are worth risking a whipping.
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