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The Master Executioner

Ordinary people do not understand Oscar Stone. Everything he does, he does impeccably. He is a profound student of his art, completely versed in its traditions over the centuries. He is a student of ropes and their properties, a master of the latest scientific knowledge about the human neck, a careful calculator of weights and drops, and an exacting observer of results.

For more than a quarter of a century he has worked to create a reputation as a man peerless in his craft: the master executioner.

Yet he is utterly alone: His devotion to his work costs him his marriage. Suddenly, one day, a piece of his past catches him unawares, and Oscar comes to a moment of devastating truth and for the first time knows himself.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 270
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-312-86970-0
  • EAN
  • 9780312869700
  • Genres
  • westerns, fiction, historical
  • Release date
  • 2001