Title: Ride the Dark Trail
Series: Sacketts #16
Author: Louis L'Amour
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Western
Pages: 167
Format: Digital Edition
Series: Sacketts #16
Author: Louis L'Amour
Rating: 3.5 of 5 Stars
Genre: Western
Pages: 167
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
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Logan Sackett is on
the run from a posse and in possession of a stolen horse. He takes a
rest in a small town and is trying to eat a meal in peace. A young
woman enters the bar looking for work, as the man she had been
working for is trying to force her to marry him since her father is
dead. Logan gets involved, comes across the man running the town and
learns that an Emily Talon is needing some help. He takes the young
woman out to Emily's ranch and finds out she is a Sackett and under
siege.
He doesn't like the
boss man in town, a relative needs help and a pretty young girl has
already relied on him. It's a no brainer that Logan sticks around. He
sends out some feelers for Emily's two sons and begins doing what a
Sackett does best, ie, stand their ground.
Logan and Emily
take on a whole gang and when Em's two sons do return, Logan is
wounded, left on a mountain and then has to go rescue Emily who has
been taken captive by the Boss. Showdown ensues, bad guys die and
Logan thinks about moving on to California.
My
Thoughts:
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An enjoyable read that kept me entertained for a day. None of these
Sackett books truly depend on each other. Change the names of the
characters and you could have any standalone western that you wished.
I guess that could be viewed as a weakness and in the right (or wrong
perhaps?) mood I could definitely go that way. But these are just
tales of adventure showcasing the Spirit of America.
L'Amour obviously loved America and thought that the men and women
who bled and died during its growing up period deserved to be thought
of as heroes. Not superheroes or impossible icons, but heroes in the
fact that they did the right thing and just wouldn't give up.
This checked off most of the boxes I expect from a Sackett book: the
hint of romance with the girl, rugged individualism, a mountain, a
rain storm, tricky and brutal badguys, relatives saving the day.
I would say this is a typical L'Amour book and you'll either enjoy it
or not depending on if you like him as an author or not.
★★★☆½
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