The Shadow Riders: A Novel

A great read, much better than the movie. The only problem with the book is I wanted it to keep going.

You can always expect a good read from Louis Lamour. They're well-researched with richly textured description.

Louis L’Amour readers will get their money’s worth, but “The Shadow Riders” is no “Hondo” or “Shalako.” A Confederate Colonel and his renegade riders have terrorized the land and abducted women and wounded men as they hightail it to Mexico. The leader is a disgruntled rebel who refuses to surrender and holds Robert E. Lee in contempt for surrendering to Union General Grant. The villainous Colonel Ashford has kidnapped several women and plans to sell them into slavery in Mexico so he can equip his army to fight on in defiance. Meantime, two brothers who fought on opposite sides have thrown in together and are following Ashford and his rabble. We meet a self-reliant female named Kate Connery. She has been taken hostage by Ashford and his men along with some girls and another women. The two heroes Mac Traven and Dal Traven whittle down the number of Ashford’s men. Unfortunately, after spending an entire novel building up Ashford’s villainy, L’Amour let’s him drift out of the action and replaced him with another less memorable villain. The novel ends very abruptly, too.

I liked it the book was spot on about Texas in a historical since how bad things truly were after the Civil War . I gave it 4 stars only because there are 5 main characters and while it focuses on 3 mainly it could have given a little more insight on the other 2 and a lot of the minor characters played bigger roles more depth needed

This book is definitely difficult to put down. I highly recommend it. Adding this one to my library. Looking forward to reading another one.

True to all L’Amour novels the local is correct as is the time so you have a novel that is historically factual and the story itself is almost impossible to put down

Enjoyed the book with his accurate portrayal of events in history that tie in with the story. The book had a tendency to lack in development of characters and situations but that maybe the result of editors constraints.

I just saw the movie version of Shadow Riders again and thoroughly enjoyed it. The movie had plot differences from the book, but still remained a good yarn. The differences led me to reread the original book and It was excellent, too. Now those are Westerns! (No Cowboys and Indians, just Cowboys and Outlaws) I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

Another excellent book from my favourite author that explains in detail how the american nation was formed, using real characters and families who helped to build america into the nation it is now

A decent read, not in my top 10 but still worth 4 stars!Don't think the ending gave closure and not aware of any further novels including Mac 👌

The book was bought as a gift along with several others by the same author for a Louis L'Amour fan. If you're a fan of his books you'll love this.

Good value

this is another exciting western with an exceptional author once starting reading this book I found it hard to put down