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This Violent Land

By: William W. Johnstone,J. A. Johnstone
Narrated by: Jack Garrett
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In this powerful new novel, William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone chronicle Smoke Jensen's early years, long before he became a legend.

Kirby - later Smoke - Jensen has just earned his first paying job as a deputy US marshal for the Colorado Territory and is sent to the lawless town of Las Animas. There he finds a sheriff too cowardly to face the outlaw leader Cole Dawson, whose six-gun has left a lot of good men dead.

Young Smoke feels no such fear. He takes Dawson down fast. Then the real fight begins. It turns out Dawson is only a cog in a crooked plot hatched by someone hiding behind the law. For a young deputy marshal, going up against the powerful and corrupt is almost certainly a fool's mission, but doing nothing is not a choice. When Smoke strikes, he's in all the bloody way, and what follows will become the stuff of legend.

Braving bullets, blood, and treachery to face down the most dangerous outlaw in Colorado Territory, Smoke will earn a reputation for justice and the rule of law in a wild, violent frontier.

©2015 J.A. Johnstone (P)2016 Recorded Books

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Not that much new

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No, almost a complete copy of "Smoke Jensen, the Beginning"

What could William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Made it into one book.

Which character – as performed by Jack Garrett – was your favorite?

I like Jack Garrett, they were all good

Was This Violent Land worth the listening time?

Not really as stated above and below

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I buy series and try to listen to them in order. The last few chapters of this book should have been added to the end of "Smoke Jensen, the Beginning". The only real difference between these two books is the beginning and end and about one year in release dates. The middle of the books are almost exactly the same. Waste of money or credits for these book.

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Smoke rides again

This must be one of the first books of the series. Great story about Smoke snd Preacher.

Miss Sally comes in to view as well.

And now for the rest of the stories.

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Gripping

This is the second book of the Smoke Jensen Series. Jensen is now a deputy U. S. Marshall in the Colorado Territory. The Marshall sends Jensen out on assignment to various parts of the territory to either apprehend a felon or assist a county sheriff. I found the discussion about legal jurisdictional differences between states and territories most interesting. I then looked up the information and found the book to be correct. Great way to learn new information as part of an interesting story.

The book is ten hours and five minutes. Jack Garrett does an excellent job narrating the book.

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Disappointed

This story seemed pieced together from other stories I have already read or listened to most of his books

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This book, like all the Jensen Series was an excellent read. I really like the way the Author continues to fold Preacher back into these novels.

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my first download

this is !y frist time on Audible. Thus is a great book Iove. Johnstone westerns

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Great story. keept me engaged throughout.

Jack Garrett does a great performance with a western story that kept mne engaged throughout.

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I hope this series continues....

The Johnstone's have written a great second book in the Stone Jensen series, I hope it will not be the last. I highly recommend this book and series to fans of "Old West" novels.

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It was a good book!

The people narrating it spoke clearly and were easy to follow. The story captured my interest from beginning to end.

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Very enjoyable

Story line continues just as expected if you have listened to the previous smoke Jensen story line

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