James Green aka Sudden is a fictional character created by an English author Oliver Strange in the early 1930s as the hero of a series, originally published by George Newnes Books Ltd, set in the American Wild West era. Oliver Strange died in 1952, and the series was revived by Frederick H. Christian in the 1960s.
The books are centred around a gunfighter in the American Wild West, who is in search of two men who cheated his foster father. Jim the young man promises his dying father that he will find the two and take revenge. He gives the name James Green to himself (his real first name,we find out in Llaw o' the Lariat,is Donald) and in time gets accused of a robbery himself and becomes an outlaw.
The series details the adventures of a gunfighter who earns the nickname "Sudden" because of his lightning speed with a gun. Sudden is also characterized as an intelligent man who is respectful of the law, unwilling to use a gun unless absolutely necessary, humanitarian, brave, and strong.
Sudden (Western)
Sudden 1: Sudden Strikes Back
by Frederick H. Christian
Series: Sudden (Western), Book 1.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 62,260.
Language:
English.
Published: November 27, 2012
by
Piccadilly.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
When Jim Green signed on as foreman of the Slash 8, the smell of range war was already in the air. Then the Slash 8’s owner was bushwacked, and with its back to the wall, Green’s fighting crew made its declaration; Stay off the Slash 8 range — or stay on it — permanent! (A Sudden Western)
Sudden 2: Sudden - At Bay
by Frederick H. Christian
Series: Sudden (Western), Book 2.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 50,500.
Language:
English.
Published: March 18, 2014
by
Piccadilly.
Categories:
Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
The Cotton boys owned the town. Nothing moved in or out without their say–so. Drifters weren’t encouraged. Move on, they were told. There’s a lot of lead in the air. All except one moved on. When the Cottons tried to gun down an unarmed kid, he took a hand. The Cotton boys decided to make an example of him. They didn’t know they were taking on legendary gunfighter: SUDDEN
Sudden 3: Sudden - Apache Fighter
by Frederick H. Christian
Series: Sudden (Western), Book 3.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 47,430.
Language:
English.
Published: September 10, 2013
by
Piccadilly.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Jim Green, alias Sudden, punches his way through another gun-fast western adventure!
Sudden 4: Sudden - Dead or Alive
by Frederick H. Christian
Series: Sudden (Western), Book 4.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 53,150.
Language:
English.
Published: December 27, 2013
by
Piccadilly.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
When the capable-looking drifter rode into town and tossed the rulebook out of the window, most of the townspeople ran for cover. But this time Cullane men died and San Jaime was no longer in bondage. How long this freedom would last was another question - for up in the mountains Old Man Cullane bellowed his order at his cutthroat crew:.Bring me Sudden - dead or alive!
Sudden 5: Sudden - Troubleshooter
by Frederick H. Christian
Series: Sudden (Western).
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 55,060.
Language:
English.
Published: October 31, 2014
by
Piccadilly.
Categories:
Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier
Lafe Gunnison had passed the word to the homesteaders—quit stealing cattle or take the consequences! The nesters reacted the only way they knew: they told Gunnison he was a liar and if he showed up in their neck of the woods he’d wind up with a tombstone over his head. It was trouble and all it needed was one small spark to start a war to the death. Only one man could stop it. A man called Sudden.