There is no such thing as a bad Johnstone western. Each series is built around main characters whose belief in the law and family is absolute, even if they've had to be reformed to get there. From Preacher, the original mountain man to the Jensen family to Perly Gates, to.....well, you get the point. Many times, characters from one series will show up in another as supporting hands. The communities are true to the era, clothing, guns, food and troubles are all what you'd find if you looked them up in the history books. No two stories are the same, each character or set of characters is unique and so are their stories. The writing is skillful, readers are pulled into the story and you will laugh and cry right along with the characters. I made the mistake of picking up a Johnstone western my uncle was reading. Ive been hooked ever since. Now I share them with my reading family and will continue as long as new Johnstones are released.

If you like Western History and Mountain men, read this book. Johnstone does a great job of describing some of what they must have lived through. Another excellent book.

Preacher is out hunting in the mountains when, as usual, he becomes the hunted. A party of Indians is after him with, as he soon discovers, the latest model of rifles yet up in the mountains. Upon learning of a missing shipment of these rifles taken from an ambushed army convoy, the stakes grow even higher. The balance of power lies with the ones with the most firepower. With the rifles in the Indians' hands, no white trapper or settler will be safe.

It turns out that most of the shipment is still missing, with both the army and the Indians hot on the trail. But not everything is so simple, as Preacher learns. Some dishonest soldiers are at the root of the matter, and it's up to Preacher to get to the bottom of it, and to remain alive in the process.

This book was a thrill from start to finish, replete with lots of action and full of twists and turns. It was a good continuation to the series.

Johnstone's books are and will remain my guilty pleasure. While they all seem to almost run together after awhile, each one has something that sets it apart. Love them! Thank you!

If you've read all twenty-seven of theWilliam Johnstone et al's  Preacher series (The First Mountain Man), you know Preacher is independent and tough, with a sense of justice that often gets him involved in righting wrongs. In Preacher's Inferno (Pinnacle 2021), Preacher is on his way to the annual Rendezvous,  a week long get-together popular with mountain men and Indians where they stock up on supplies for the winter and check in with folks they don't see all year. His trip is interrupted when he runs into a war party torturing a fellow mountain man. Of course, Preacher prevails in the ensuing battle, despite daunting odds, but the leader he kills is the son of a powerful chief. The Chief now has vengeance in mind and nothing will stop him. Complicate that with missing rifles somehow involved with the man Preacher rescued, the Army helping Preacher retrieve their munitions, and the Indians who have sworn to kill him.

This story is as good as the best of the Preacher series. He’s lived in the mountains since his teens and would be happy to stay there until his time ends. In this story, he's older but more importantly, wise enough to realize nothing he thinks he knows is as it seems. If you like this series, you will love this twenty-eighth addition. I give it an unqualified 5/5

Preacher, known as the first mountain man, is glad to be back in the mountains and headed to the annual rendezvous in the peaceful Crow village. Instead of spending a few quiet days reminiscing among friends, he stumbles into trouble from a rival tribe who have kidnapped women and children. Preacher and a few of the other mountain men go after them; rescuing the innocent is the only outcome Preacher will accept.

Preacher's Inferno is part of William W Johnstone's Preacher/The First Mountain Man series. I am giving it four and a half stars.

One on the characters in the Johnstone syndicate’s (William & J.A.) group of characters that I like best is Preacher. The recent novel called “Preacher’s Inferno” was great and is in keeping with Preacher who is not a man of the cloth but a mountain man; to be released in late 2021.

In this story set in the Yellowstone area, we find Preacher looking forward to a peaceful rendezvous with fellow trappers and mountain men in a peaceful Crow Indian village. As is likely to happen with Preacher, on his way to the rendezvous he has to rescue another trapper from some less than friendly Blackfeet Indians who are in a war party. This leads to all the Indians being killed as they are not interested in giving up their captive who might be looking forward to a slow and tortured death at the hands of the Indians.

Preacher and his rescued new friend move on to the rendezvous along the riverbank. Since many of the men in the gathering are rough and tough there are fights and some turn pretty violent. Some are asked to leave, although told to leave would be more descriptive!

There are a couple of side stories that take place all of which have Preacher front and center. These include stolen Army rifles, attack on the Crow camp by Blackfeet, taking of captives, and the Blackfeet taking the captives into Coulter’s Hell; what the Yellowstone area is called due to the thermal features and the smell of sulfur.

Since the Crow are Preacher’s friends, he and other mountain men and some Crow warriors set out after the attackers. There is a US Army patrol, which has been seeking the stolen rifles, that has been close by and agrees to accompany the group into Coulter’s Hell.

All is not as it seems and there is a major battle with the Blackfeet in a very strong position for killing all the rescue party. Lots of action and blood – so if one is squeamish about reading about that maybe try another book. But if this type action is exciting, then this book is a great read for you.

Preacher's Inferno by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone is the latest book about Preacher the mountain man and it's out in stores in December '21. It is a great western in my mind and I love the new character of Tall Dog. This book has all the ingredients necessary for the genre. Good guys, bad guys and Indians you both can trust and the other kind. We also get to go to a rendezvous. It was a really quick read and I had some fun reading it. I always find it fun reading about Preachers firepower and I wasn't let down in this adventure. I must thank @kensingtonbooks @netgalley #Pinnacle for giving me this advance copy and @williamw.j.a.johnstone for writing it. #NetGalley #Kensington #PreachersInferno #WilliamWJohnstone #JAJohnstone #Western #Preacher