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Deadman's Lament (The Deadman Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Linell Jeppsen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 5: The Deadman Series

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The year is 1872. Twelve-year-old Matthew Wilcox leads a charmed life on his family's sprawling ranch in Washington Territory until a series of tragic events leave him orphaned and in the clutches of a vicious band of outlaws. Threatened by the gang leader's perverted cousin, Top Hat, Matthew also faces Indian attacks, dangerous wildlife, and a deadly snowstorm. He survives but burns with an overwhelming hunger for revenge.

Thirteen years later, Matthew - now a Spokane County sheriff - realizes that Top Hat is riding again with a new gang called the Mad Hatters. It means risking his friends, his family and the love of a good woman, but Matthew must find the man who destroyed what he once loved most in the world. To that end, he and his posse venture into Idaho gold country to capture the Mad Hatters.

Top Hat, however, has a different idea. He turns the tables, heading to the sheriff's hometown of Granville and going after everyone Matthew holds dear.

What follows will haunt Sheriff Wilcox for the rest of his life as he confronts the hatred, vengeance and retribution buried deep in his own soul. Matthew will do anything, though, to put an end to A DEADMAN'S LAMENT.

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FINALIST- The Peacemaker Awards for the WESTERN FICTIONEERS!
SILVER medalist -the Global E-Book Awards!
SILVER medalist- The Reader's Favorite Awards!

5 stars- Reviewed by Bil Howard for Readers' Favorite! Linell Jeppsen has followed along in the shadows of some of the great Western writers of the past and delivered a solid story in Deadman's Lament. Full of action and tragedy, yet revealing the dogged fortitude of the western spirit, Deadman's Lament will send you on a wild ride where guns are blazing and good men will stand straight and tall in the name of justice.

5 stars- I completely loved this book! While most readers probably consider the depictions of the basic human needs, bodily functions and handling of the dead as quite disgusting, I found it quite refreshing to read a "true to life as it was" account. Dianne Lewis

5 stars- I do not hesitate to say that 'Dead Man's Lament' may well be recognized as a classic of the genre one day. It is a professionally written and edited contribution to a literary form that has seen the likes of Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour add to its titles. Like the works of L'Amour, 'Deadman's Lament' is an authentic, well-researched tale of tragedy and justice in the Northwest Frontier of the 1870's. John Patin

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FINALIST- The Peacemaker Awards for the WESTERN FICTIONEERS!
SILVER medalist -the Global E-Book Awards!
SILVER medalist- The Reader's Favorite Awards!

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HGJVCXC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wolfpack Publishing (August 1, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1936 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1641195096

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- #1,472 in Western Fiction Classics
- #7,571 in Westerns (Books)
- #11,843 in Classic Literature & Fiction

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Hi! My name is Linell Jeppsen. I’m the author of eighteen, award-winning novels and short stories which range from science fiction, horror and fantasy to westerns and historical romance.

I have written my whole life but was first published six years ago with the vampire novel, Detour To Dusk. It was written thirty years ago after binging on Anne Rice’s, Interview with a Vampire series while camping in the forest.

Living high up in the mountains in the state of Washington is enough to fire any writer’s imagination, especially if her thoughts tend to go “darkside” on occasion... Story Time (with over 130- 4 and 5 star reviews) is an “end of the world” epic thriller featuring Grand Coulee Dam, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the world’s deepest and deadliest caldera. (Yellowstone National Park).

And let’s not forget the popular science fiction series, The Guardians, I co-wrote with the Welsh writer J. Bryden Lloyd.

I have written fairy tales, like The War of Odds and supernatural romances like ONIO- about a half-human Sasquatch who falls in love with a human girl. If you like historical fiction; I wrote the highly-acclaimed, best-selling DEADMAN series with over 500- 4 and 5 star reviews and Far West, The Diary of Eleanor Higgins- a historical romance and WINNER of the 2016 PEACEMAKER AWARD!

I have won many awards including, The Peacemaker Award, the Global E-Book Awards, the Laramie Award, the Rone Award, the Reader’s Favorites Awards, the PRG’s “Best-Of” Awards and more.

When I’m not working on my own novels, I work as a Freelance Junior editor for a major publishing house. I love doing this work and helping my fellow writers hone their craft. One thing I really try to honor is each author’s VOICE. Every writer is unique and has their own personal style. I just go along adding commas and so on and do my very best to leave their VOICE as intact as possible.

Linell welcomes all of you to her stories, and sincerely hopes that you enjoy reading them as much as she enjoyed writing them.

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HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2014

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I can’t say enough about this book. It was exceptional and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The story immediately grabbed me and didn’t let go. The main character was brave, fascinating, a man of strong character and definitely a hero to many. A well written historical western read with a character that you care about. There was never a dull moment. A great book from beginning to end.
My thanks to the author and I really hope she writes more western novels of this caliber. This book was great and her beautiful, picturesque scenic descriptions give you a great visual picture making you feel like you are right there. I absolutely loved this book and did not want it to end. I will be looking for more westerns from Ms. Jeppsen, please.

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Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2014

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I liked the development of the story. It was enjoyable and seemed to capture life in that area during that era, and had characters I could relate to But, since I was raised there and currently live in the area, to me there was a little too much artistic license. :) Mainly, the story was supposed to take place in 1885 and the climax was a trip to the Mining towns of Kellogg and Wallace in the Silver Valley. Unfortunately, Kellogg and Wallace did not really exist in 1885 (prospecting had just started in the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River that year), but the gold boom towns of Prichard and Murray up the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River were in their prime that year (existing currently as virtually living ghost towns) and would have been a great back stop for the story (Wyatt Earp was the sheriff there about that time). Then too, I never heard the term "Silver Valley" until the 1970s as a promotional effort. It always had been the Coeur d'Alenes, and although no silver mining in 1885, became known as the Silver Capital of the World in later years.

But nit-picking aside, a good yarn of a bygone era in an area that doesn't get as much fiction attention as the SouthWest.

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kent lundberg

a first rate Western novel!

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2014

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Great characters abound in this western tale. The main character, the hero of the story, is well developed and doesn't disappoint. He's human and courageous with a soft side that makes him realistic. The cast of supporting characters is also wonderfully believable. As tragedy befalls each one, the reader feels a sense of loss, anger and a lust for justice.

One interesting side note is the way the author treats the American Indian as a human beings with everyday cares and woes, grief raising children, and a profound sense of loss when a family member is killed. So often, western novelists treat the Native American as harsh, unfeeling, brutish savages with no compassion for family and tribe. While it is documented that certain rituals and belief systems that are harsh by Judeo Christian standards actually were/are a part of the historical belief systems of the various Indian tribes, they are, nonetheless human beings who love and live passionately. They do respond to love and respect with favor. They also respond to injustice with anger and the desire to have things set straight.

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B. A. Kelly

The Reader's Lament

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014

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The first thing that bothered me was calling Matthew, Mattie instead of Matt. I got confused for the longest time thinking Mattie was the French girl.
After reading the whole story I felt the French girl who Mattie has such deep feelings for, his best friend, his first love, and then he does nothing, makes no effort to find her. Her character gets swept under the rug until the author barely mentions her in passing, just to tie up a loose end..
I felt there was unnecessary gratuitous violence throughout and the use of the F word did nothing for the story.
The plot seems to jump from one place to another without much reason to do so, and I found the the characters inconsistent in their actions as well..
The "bad guy" in this story was not well developed. He was evil without one redeeming quality and only seemed to have one purpose-- to make sure sex was included in the book. Making it so perverted was part of the gratuitious violence I mentioned.
I gave my review 3 stars instead of 2 because with some work this could have been a good story .
There are many women out there who write excellent stories of the west, who don't have to go running to some man to develop great male characters,
and it upset me when I read some of the reviews that stated the reader would never pick up another western written by a woman or never even read any western again.
Going on and on in the author's notes--8 pages-- thanking so many people for the help they gave with this book and saying it could never have been written without all this help should tell the reader and the writer something. What I take away from this is that the author still needed to know a lot more before she called this story finished.

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Rikles

Emotional, Page Turner, Justice, Poignant

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020

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This story grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go. Matthew Wilcox, a fourteen year old lad in the 1880's, suffers the rigors of the times in Eastern Washington Territory including Indian raids, cruelty, loss, criminals, etc. He becomes a Sheriff but his difficulties don't stop. The writing is excellent and the mistakes are non-existent. Most of the characters are very well developed. They become your friends (or enemies). This story may not be realistic as the author used a lot of fictional license but mostly the story is good.

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BAD GUYS, EVIL & GOOD, LOVE

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2020

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5 STARS for this amazing portrait of an old west era drama in the viewpoint of a guy who had been orphaned early in life & had to learn how to deal with outrageous bad guys, a few at a level of evil that almost got Mattie killed & scalped before he was a teenager. Great characters are throughout this story with Mattie as he got older & grew up learning all ways of fighting with the practicing ability to be able to hunt those evil men down now as an adult. Until he finds out about some of his past he can't go forward a common theme of any time era taken here & treated in a very tender almost like part of it is not mentioned but just floats above in a bubble unseen as Mattie tracks the bad men & interacts with Indians of his past. Highly Recommend.

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