Parker’s characters, Virgil Cole,  Everett Hitch, and  Allie French and the town of Appaloosa live on, but Knott can’t come close to Parker’s dialogue and storytelling.  A tired story about murder, gambling, and lives lost on the Western Frontier as Hitch and Cole continue to stand alone for right and order in a dangerous world.  I think I’m done with this weak attempt to continue a writing legend.