Let Them Wait

About the Book

I am a man with sorrows behind me, and battles, too. I have regrets of which I seldom speak, nor too often think. For me, danger became a way of life—an accepted facet in the natural order of things. There is no bravado in wearing a gun—it was, at the time, a necessity of life. A man could no more survive without a weapon than he could live without a horse or food. I was fourteen years old when they attacked me under cover of darkness and while I was in my own home. The only weapon I owned was a big, double-barreled eight-gauge shotgun that we used for small game and varmints; so, the night they came I killed my first two men with a borrowed pistol. That started my crusade. My search for justice, or maybe it was only for justification, led to more men joining the first two. Soon after, I began to acquire an unwanted and I felt, undeserved reputation as a gunman. I did not want to shoot people—except one, I truly wanted to shoot him. But the others kept coming for me and I had wrongs to right. In the end, I hunted them.

About the Author

Nick Wright, raised and educated in Benton, Arkansas is a third generation Arkansan and descendant of a Confederate cavalryman. After graduating from Henderson College he moved to Florida and spent thirty years teaching in the public Schools system in Brevard County. He is a retired educator, coach, and high school athletic director. He has since returned to Central Arkansas where he and his wife Ginger are enjoying retirement. He has two adult sons. Mr. Wright is an avid reader. Some of his other interests are travel, genealogy, and photography. Let them Wait is his fifth novel, following Spirits Remembered, Dust, Sweat and Blood, Barnes, and Exempt From Fear.