Western

I am quickly becoming a fan of Louis L'Amour. At least his Sackett books. ( )

Sequentially the 3rd book in the Sackett series. The main character of the book is Kin Ring Sackett, oldest son of Barnabas from the 1st two books. He finds out his brothers wife's sister was kidnapped. He goes to New England to help find her. He finds her and another girl. He goes to Jamaica to get information to help stop the kidnappings. I enjoyed the book. I love the glimpse into a period of history that I don't read a lot about. ( )

I never read any of Louis L’Amour’s books until I started listening to the books in his Sackett’s series. This is the third book in the series. I’ve enjoyed the audiobooks so far.

The main character in this one is Kin-Ring Sackett, the eldest son of the founding patriarch of the family. The family and their friends have a nice life in the Carolinas. They receive word that the sister of Yance Sackett’s wife has been kidnapped in what will become Massachusetts (presumably by a local tribe). Of course our heroes take off to rescue both Yance’s sister-in-law and the other young woman who disappeared along with her.
Slave traders, pirates, adventures in the West Indies, and of course romance ensue.

It’s all rather cliche and predictable but still fun. I don’t know whether it’s just this book or whether it’s a quirk of L’Amour but for a relatively short book there is a lot of repetition of the same sentence or fact from Kin’s past several times. It was a minor annoyance but didn’t keep me from enjoying the audiobook. ( )

A story of the colonial period Sacket family. Long hunters meet pirates and abductors of women. A fun story, well developed. ( )