Part of Series
Last Atonement is the highly anticipated seventh book in the Gideon Johann Western series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Westerns, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, Last Ride, Last Breath, & Last Journey. Sheriff Gideon Johann finds himself dealing with two murders in the town of Last Stand, Colorado. One of them will take him on a journey back to the place where his life went astray many years ago. The other will leave his son-in-law, Zack Barlow, matching wits with the saloonkeeper Cyrus Capello. Zack feels overwhelmed as he tries to keep a witness alive to testify at trial while butting heads with the evil saloon owner. Will Zack make Gideon proud of his son-in-law’s efforts to keep Cyrus from running roughshod over the town? Gideon is once again forced to confront his past as he seeks out the family of the boy that he killed during the war. Will Gideon bring peace to a family that lost a child years ago and find forgiveness for himself or will he confront vengeance as he seeks atonement for his past deed? Duane Boehm has written another western novel with enough humor, heartbreak, love, and outlaws to keep you turning the page. Last Atonement can be read as a stand-alone novel, but will provide a richer reading experience if the Gideon Johann Western Series is read in order.
Author
Duane Boehm grew up on a farm outside of Petersburg, Illinois. All the time spent driving a tractor gave him plenty of opportunity to let his imagination run wild and not tear up too much equipment. The two passions he developed early in life were the love of playing guitar and reading books. He eventually moved to a mini-farm outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee with his wife and replaced planting corn with trees and raising dogs. For a number of years he worked as an IT consultant and continued with being a part-time musician and songwriter. He dabbled in writing short stories with the idea in the back of his mind that someday he would write a novel. One Christmas after watching "A Christmas Carol", he was inspired to begin his journey as a novelist.
