School Library Journal
Gr 10 Up—L. Ron Hubbard's pulp fiction Western from the 1930s is a story about young Lee Weston who comes back home to Wyoming to find his family murdered. Convinced that his father's old enemy, Harvey Dodge, is to blame, Weston sets out to seek his revenge. Almost immediately Weston gets into a gunfight, murders another man, and is wounded. He is nursed back to health by a young woman and falls in love with her, only to discover that she is the daughter of his enemy. While this title will probably not be of interest to the majority of teens, there's plenty of action, blazing guns, and some romance here to capture the attention of reluctant readers who like Westerns. The multicast narration is well done, and superior sound effects and musical interludes add to the suspense. The cover art is exquisitely designed.—Ivy Miller, Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Kingston, PA
From the Publisher
“Shoot-’em-up action, bad bad guys, heroes cut from the cloth of classic Western heroes, true love, and the final resolution as law and order and justice triumph.”—KLIATT
“In the grand tradition of Louis L’Amour.” —Audio World
“Hubbard appears to have possessed the flair of greats Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey when recounting Wild West encounters.” —The Sanford Herald
“Hubbard wrote adventure, westerns, thrillers, and crime-espionage as well as sf—and they reveal both the range and quality of the author’s work…. Even a sampling of Galaxy’s catalog makes it clear that pulp-fiction devotees need to put Hubbard’s works on their must-read lists.” —Booklist
Each of these of these outstanding audio books are two hour productions characterized by talented multi-cast performances, which are enhanced with impressive special effects and thematic music. Flawless technical recordings, each and every one of these very special audio books provides the listener with a true 'theatre of the mind' experience and is enthusiastically recommended. —Midwest Book Review
"Any reader of pulps like Western Yarns, Western Aces, Western Action and The Rio Kid Western knew of a Hubbard who pounded his Remington typewriter, throwing a wide loop over the land of his beginnings.” —True West
NOVEMBER 2008 - AudioFile
Lee Weston is on the run, and we're running right there with him! From shoot-outs to near-lynchings, from revenge to winning the love of a beautiful woman, BRANDED OUTLAW has it all for fans of the pulp Western. In this full-cast and full-sound-effects production, R.F. Daley's steady, almost conspiratorial, delivery of the narrative heightens the tension in this exciting shoot-‘em-up. David O'Donnell voices the youthful Weston with sincerity and an appropriate amount of cowboy gusto. Will Weston avenge his father's death? Will he redeem himself in the eyes of the lovely Ellen, who just happens to be the villain's daughter? Pick up BRANDED OUTLAW and find out! A.H.A. 2009 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
