When Jamie McAllister intercedes on a woman’s behalf he gets a new enemy and a new friend. His new friend is name Hannah she has a letter from her grandpa and a map. She was told to find Jamie and ask for his help. Supposedly over an Indian country where the Comanches ruled the land is a buried treasure and Hannah wants Jamie‘s help to find it. Jamie is hesitant at first but agreed to do it only if his friend preacher will come with them. He sends a letter to all the haunts he thinks preacher maybe and tells him to meet them in San Antonio Texas. Jamie is happy to see upon his arrival in San Antonio that preacher horse and dog are all there waiting for him now he hast to hire guys to go with them first he hast to deal with Teddy and his gang who have followed him from his hometown and want revenge but before it’s over he will have a new enemy one preacher and Jamie knock the sidewinders down a couple of pegs it seems everyone except Teddy has had an about face and heard about Jamie‘s adventure and wants to go along. Jamie being the good guy that he is gives them the benefit of the dog before it’s over he will be happy he did it seems everywhere Jamie turns someone new is there and wanting to piggyback on this adventure I love William and Jay Johnstone books and this is a great example of why this is the fifth book in the preacher Series and after reading desolation Creek from the SmokeJensen’s books I was happy to gobbled this one up. There is nothing that shuts Me up faster than putting a new Johnstone book in my hand I love these books so much and have only given 4 stars 1 Johnstone Book and it isn’t this one. If you love great adventure awesome gun fights and want to read about the smart intelligent man who traveled the west you definitely need to pick this book up it is OMG good! An excellent example of great western writing. I received this boat for net Galley in Kensington box but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this exciting book

MacCallister and preacher are out looking for the fabled treasure of bowie which is according to the map in comanche territory

they have been hired to take a small group into the area by a fallen heroes granddaughter and though they fear its a fools errand they do like an adventure

but its not long before they all fall foul of lynch a unhinged man and some ex army deserters... and with the comanches surrounding them its tense times for preacher and maccallister

good read though love a good western on a sunday

Hostile Territory is yet another great book written by Johnston. I thought it was great Western to read. Five stars.

I coulda sworn i read nearly the identical story last year in one of the Johnstone Clan's newer series. After reading some 250 of Johnstone books, this is one of the few times I believe I found a near duplication. This one is as well written.

The plot in this one is more involved with various characters coming from other angles. Of course, there is also the teaming of the very strong characters MacCallister and Preacher.
I found the writing of Preacher off. There were actions that had been written in the past he wouldn't have made. The whole idea the duo would risk so much seem more literary contrivance than consistent.

I recall the one from last year did a much better job describing the settings and, especially, the setting of the last act.

Still this is a good book with typically great Johnstone characters and fulfilling to the reader.
The wrangler of Johnstone writers needs to better check duplication.

Bottom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of ten points.

Hostile Territory by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone is another book in the series with both Jamie MacCallister and Preacher. This time it's a treasure hunt into the Comancheria and I have a strong feeling that I have read this one before. It contains what it needs to be a good western but it is deja vu all over again. I must thank Kensington Books Pinnacle and Netgalley for the book.

I’m always up for a rollicking MacCallister and Preacher story, but Johnstone's Hostile Territory, #6 in the Preacher and  MacCallister Western series (Pinnacle 2023), started me out a little skeptical. Jamie MacCallister agrees to spearhead a treasure hunt for Hannah--a woman Jamie barely knew and who wasn't particularly likable--through an area which is about as dangerous as it comes, even for a Mountain Man. Jamie only agrees to go if Preacher goes, and Preacher only goes because he's bored and it sounds like fun (If you've read all the Preacher stories, this is a highly likely reason for Preacher). Add to that their Old West respect for women--Hannah was going to go regardless and neither of them could let her go without the best chance to survive. 

I know. The plot is a bit weak, but I always love Preacher's adventures so I gave it a try. The expedition heads out, runs into lots of Indians and bad guys and then something they didn't expect (no spoilers). When I was finished, I realized that there is nothing more fun than riding the river with Preacher and Jamie MacCallister.

If you like reading about the mountain man know as Preacher, you'll love this story with he and sidekick Jamie MacCallister. The storyline is of a young woman coming to see Jamie about her grandfather who served in the Alamo with Jamie, who left before the massacre with a dispatch to get more reinforcements, thus avoiding death.

The granddaughter has a map supposedly with directions to a treasure deep in Comanche country that Jim Bowie gave her grandfather who sent the directions and a map in a letter that took a long time to reach her after the battle. Jamie is skeptical but since he like adventure is intrigued.

He tells her that if his friend Preacher is willing to go, then they will try to go retrieve the treasure. Needless to say there are adventures with Preacher, some ne'er-do-wells getting involved, and of course some Comanche. How these interactions play out is the crux of the story.

Jamie and Preacher get more than they bargained for in this seemingly quixotic quest. But it makes for fine reading and is in the genre that the Johnstones have made famous in their novels. I certainly enjoyed it and recommend it to the reader.

I've been reading the Johnstone's Western novels for a while, it had what I was looking for in both this series and the concept of the plot. I always look forward to reading a good Western and this has always been really well done. I'm excited to see where this series will go.

“That’s putting it mildly,” Jamie said, then shook his head. “Sorry. I shouldn’t have interrupted you.” “You know a great deal more about this sort of thing than I do. I don’t mind admitting that. That’s why I was hoping . . . no, praying . . . that you’d be willing to help me.” “By taking you into the middle of those Comanche-infested badlands?” “I wasn’t thinking that we’d go alone.”