Okay, so I wanted to read one of Louis L’Amour’s books at the recommendation of a new friend…..well, not so much his recommendation as to try and figure out what the fuss was all about….maybe get up in his head a little. I’m an open-minded gal and I sincerely believe that no written word is a waste of my time. Some things you like and some you don’t but they change your gray matter in one way or another regardless.

I had my daughter go into the basement of the local library where they keep more than 100 of this author’s greatest works and pick me out one. She did, back at the beginning of June…I tend to read a page at a time because that is all I seem to have time for. There was a coincidence noted in the first chapter that had me hooked right off. The “death horse” or the horse that brought on so much bad luck that they branded it with a skull and cross bones was named Robin! Well…..after that I knew I had to finish this one soon.

My friend, if you are reading, it’s now mid July and I have finally finished my “virgin western”. What I would like to know is what is the name of the sequel because this surely can not be the end of this story. You know all about this guy….what book comes next and/or tell me what happens next! You can’t end a book like that! Do they all end that way? I searched for a good 5 minutes to find another chapter, page, word, something! Can anyone out there help me?

Otherwise, not bad. Light reading and I got so caught up in the scenic descriptions I wanted to get out a map and follow his adventure along; definitely worth the abrupt discharge at the close. Favorite line: “She was right behind me before I realized. I smelled her before I heard her, she moved that quiet.”