Now, years later, the Prussian government demands an explanation. The unexplained disappearance of a hunting party of Prussian nobles who entered the American wilderness-and never returned. There is a 5 yr span between the attack and the rescue mission. Among the Prussians who were attacked is Royalty (one in line for the throne), countesses, and their servants. Johnstone's series.Ī Preacher and Jamie McAllister western, (by Johnstone and company), is about a rescue mission for our frontier boys who are asked to join Prussian and American soldiers to see if there are Prussian survivors who disappeared years ago, rumored to be attacked and taken as slaves by the deadly and hostile Blackfoot tribe. Johnstone had lived for many years in Shreveport, Louisiana, yet died in Knoxville, TN, at the age of 65. He also authored two novels under the pseudonym William Mason. His main publication series were Mountain Man, The First Mountain Man, Ashes and Eagles and his own personal favorite novel was The Last of the Dog Team (1980). He wrote close to two hundred books in numerous genres, including suspense and horror. Johnstone started his writing career in 1970, but did not have any works published until 1979 ( The Devil's Kiss) and became a full-time writer in 1980. He later served in the Army and, upon returning to civilian life, worked in radio broadcasting for 16 years. He quit school when he was fifteen and worked in a carnival and as a deputy sheriff. His father was a minister and his mother a school teacher. William Wallace Johnstone was a prolific American author, mostly of western, horror and survivalist novels.īorn and raised in southern Missouri, Johnstone was the youngest of four children. And when the hunters become the hunted, all hell breaks loose. But it doesn't take Preacher and MacCallister long to learn the horrible truth. Others think there may be survivors, most likely women held captive as slaves. Some believe it's a hopeless mission, that the original party was slaughtered by the Blackfeet. Army hires Preacher and Jamie MacCallister to join their search party-along with a band of Prussian soldiers led by the sinister Baron Adalwolf von Kuhner. It's one of the great mysteries of the Old West.

Two legends of the American West, Preacher and MacCallister have always fought for justice.

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