Fiction.
Western.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
Joe Harbin hadn't killed a man for a fortune in gold just to sit in prison and let Rodelo collect it. But when he and his men break out and head for the stash, they end up with a pair of unwelcome partners: Rodelo and a beautiful woman with a hidden past. To get fifty thousand dollars in gold across fifty miles of desert, the desperate band quickly learns how much they need each other-â??and how deep their greed and suspicion can run. At the end of the journey lie the waters of Baja and a new life in Mexico, but first they have to survive the savage heat, bounty-hunting Yaqui Indians, and the shifting, treacherous nature of both the desert sands and their own conflicting loyalti… (más)
An ex-con, a few escaped prisoners, and a mysterious woman head into the desert with gold in their saddlebags, a posse of Yaquis on their trail. Will they survive the harsh desert, or will the lust for riches decimate their ranks before their pursuers can? Good straightforward adventure story. ( )
Nice western from L'Amour. Various people are after a buried cache of $50,000 gold from a holdup. The first man after it was not so lucky as we find him dead in the first paragraph of the novel following a prison break. Others find the gold and it makes things interesting. A somewhat mysterious good looking woman adds to the intrigue, as they try to escape across the desert. The story had a good start but dragged a bit after a while despite being a short novel. We needed more from the characters than we were given early on. The story does pick back up however and slowly the mysteries unfold. ( )
Escape from the prison at Yuma was nearly impossible. And once a man escaped, where was there to go but the desert? But a small group of men desperate enough to take the chance are heading for the border when they find a lovely girl looking for her own escape. Pretty typical - maybe a little darker and more desperate than many of Louis' heroes. I do like this one, but not as well. ( )
The Yuma Desert, east of the Colorado River mouth, was like the floor of a furnace; but of the four riders, three were Yaqui Indians and accustomed to the heat, as were the buzzards swinging in lazy circles above them.
Fiction.
Western.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
Joe Harbin hadn't killed a man for a fortune in gold just to sit in prison and let Rodelo collect it. But when he and his men break out and head for the stash, they end up with a pair of unwelcome partners: Rodelo and a beautiful woman with a hidden past. To get fifty thousand dollars in gold across fifty miles of desert, the desperate band quickly learns how much they need each other-â??and how deep their greed and suspicion can run. At the end of the journey lie the waters of Baja and a new life in Mexico, but first they have to survive the savage heat, bounty-hunting Yaqui Indians, and the shifting, treacherous nature of both the desert sands and their own conflicting loyalti
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