Rivers West: A Novel (Talon and Chantry)

It is 1821 and the vast territory we know today as the West is open for settlement. The Louisiana Purchase has created a vast empire ripe for settling, or for the taking. And Baron Torville wants it all for himself. But young Jean Talon sees this land as a place to begin and build a life for himself. Building up the country, settling a wild and potentially productive land is the theme of many of L'Amour's books, especially the Sackett series, and by the way the Talon family are relatives of the Sacketts. The one thing I am not fond of is, first person narrative which this books uses, but other than that this is an okay book, and well worth having and reading.

This is not one of my favorite L'Amour books, but it is a very good book. As another reviewer has said, the story is implausible, but that, to me, is no detraction; the story is well told and generally entertaining. What else can you wish?

I liked this book. It was like a mystery at the begining wandering who the killer was and who Jean Talon could trust and who he couldn't.