This is another story of the men in the Sackett family. Louis L’Amour uses his unique ability to tell a tale of a man who was cautious but still susceptible to the wiles of women. Being the cautious man that he was Nolan Sackett was running from the possibility of having to kill another man. An old man had him under his rifle but let him take the horse and gave him directions so he wouldn’t be see and he was off.
Crossing trails with at least two groups of people heading in the same direction would tend to take the element of coincidence out of the question. The two groups were looking for the same thing gold and no element of fair play or equal share were involved in their thinking. More people get involved and the possibility of getting killed increases because the fever generated by gold becomes totally consuming.
The story has many twists and turns with good guys and bad guy hitting head on. The story has a mellow ending and most women would enjoy how it ends. I am a Louis L’Amour fan for many years and I would recommend this book to any reader of westerns and anyone who likes a good story.
