Settler's Law [Paperback]

D. H. Eraldi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Sett Foster barely escaped the hangman's rope -- but could not elude four years in jail and another ten wandering the country as an outlaw in exile. Then came the day he decided to go home...

It was Sett's reputation as "The Boy Outlaw" that killed his family. But he'd been paying for the last fourteen years -- now it was time to settle the score. The men who murdered his family were still in town, looking for the gold rumored to be hidden on the Fosters' Montana homestead. They thought they were immune from the law. But they didn't know that Settler was ready to deal them his own brand of justice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425166767
• ISBN-13: 978-0425166765
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,001,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born and raised in Northern California, Doris was lucky to grow up in a family of creative, adventuresome people. As a child, she traveled extensively around the Western US and Canada with her family, including road trips to Alaska, backpacking in British Columbia and numerous jeep trips to her favorite place; the Great Basin area and high deserts in Nevada. Her early love of horses grew into a career, as she began training professionally as a teen. She has worked extensively with Western performance horses and youth riders, coaching young riders to regional and state championships, and now is studying Dressage with her horse Blue.

She has always love to write, and wrote her first "book" in first grade. She began publishing essays and poetry in the 1980's. Her first novel, SETTLER'S LAW (Berkeley, 1999) is a Western Historical set in Montana Territory in 1883. She currently edits and writes for two monthly online magazines, and does web design from her home in Mendocino County, California, where she lives on a small ranch with her partner, 7 horses and two dogs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great read!!!, March 5, 1999

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[e-mail] (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Settler's Law (Paperback)

D. H. Eraldi has done a wonderful job of sweeping the reader back into the Old West. From the very first words of the book, I wanted to know everything there was to know about the character, Sett Foster. The scenery depicted in the book is excellent, and the action is wonderful. This is probably one of the best books I've read in a while.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Story., February 13, 2005

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Gene Tate "Sagebrush" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Settler's Law (Paperback)

Be sure to check out D.H. eraldi's site thru Google search engine, there are excerpts as well as a map, with photographs relating to the story, wish I had found this before reading the book. Not the run of the mill western/frontier tale. I am a die hard fan of Luke Short, Peter Dawson, Zane Grey and William Macleod Raine among others but Ms. Eraldi is as talented if not more so than my old favorites, I'm off to hopefully find more of her works.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An author to watch!, May 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Settler's Law (Paperback)

Very impressive first novel by D.H. Eraldi. Strong story line, good characterization, great sense of place and time. Fans of the Western genre will enjoy this novel, as will anyone who likes a good story, well-told. I'm looking forward to more work from this author!