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Fiction. Western. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:It was the only water for miles in a vast, sun-blasted desert where water meant survival. So Logan Cates naturally headed for Papago Wells. But he wasn�??t the only one. Fleeing the fierce Churupati and his Apache warriors, other travelers had come there too. And when the Apaches found them, they began a siege as relentless and unforgiving as the barren land�?�and just as inescapable. The last thing Cates wanted was to be responsible for the lives of thirteen desperate strangers and a shipment of gold. But he knew that if they were to survive, he was their last chance. He also knew that some in the party were willing to die�??or kill�??to get their hands on the money. If he couldn�??t get them to work together, it wouldn�??t be the desert or even the Apaches that would do them in�??it would be the greed of the very people h… (more)
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In this novel, a mess of soldiers,
Yet Last Stand, as I said is no ordinary L'Amour - complications about. L'Amour spends ample time (alright, ample time for a man that uses cardboard cutouts for characters) to flesh out the men stuck a Papago. Each character - the gambler and his fiancee, the runaway girl, the gunman, the four soldiers, the lawman and the outlaws - faces a psychological break during the siege. Logan Cates, the lone gunman and L'Amour hero, has to worry more about the men covering his back than the Apaches in the desert, and there is the value of this L'Amour western. Does Logan survive to win the girl? Of course he survives and gets the girl, it's L'Amour! How? I won't reveal that.
I'll just say, it's called calvary, and they show up. And the Apaches? Never actually seen, they are just brown desert ghosts - though L'Amour spends a page describing the war party and leader, not once does he build up to a major fight - it's like he got sidetracked...actually, it works here, and works well.
A bit slow starting, but a solid middle and ending to this tale.