James Robert Daniels’ The Comanche Kid is a winning Western that recalls classics like Alan LeMay’s The Searchers, Charles Portis’ True Grit, Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, as well as Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells the story of 16-year-old Jane, who has to grow up instantly when most of her family is slaughtered by a Comanche raiding party. Adopting the guise of her deceased twin Jamie, she sets out to find her kidnapped sister Sally, and to take her revenge on those who ruined her life. Doing so, she learns she is the equal of any man. Daniels’ debut is tough, gritty, and knowing, a well-written, well-wrought tale of danger and high adventure set in the American West.