The Warrior's Path

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 show more 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. show less

This book follows the story of Kin-Ring Sackett. With him the reader travels north to New England and later to Port Royal, Jamaica. All along there is an interesting cast of characters. While this is historical fiction, it feels like a Western, so you have a strong feeling that the hero will triumph. It is the path that matters.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. If you enjoy Westerns, you would probably like this, too.

I love the stories about the Sacketts. Louis L'Amour knows how to write so that I feel like I 'KNOW' these awesome men. I underline quotes, I laugh, I stop and listen to the sounds around me.

This particular story of Kin Sackett involves courage, doing what is right - no matter the cost, addressing the issue of slavery and of course, a pretty, brave and smart girl.

Kin travels all the way to Jamaica and back to the mountains of North Carolina, which in 1620, was considered the West.

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.

Well-written addition to the Sackett series, with Kin Ring taking the leading role as he and his brother Yance search for a couple young girls taken hostage, supposedly by members of the Pequot tribe.

A little less preachy and a little more action in this installment. Mr. L'Amour does better in his later 'western' books*, but this story wasn't bad. I'd like a little more geographical detail... but that's not going to happen, now or later.

I am enjoying rereading the beginning few books of this memorable family saga. Next up is the perils of Jubal Sackett, who IIRC actually heads west.

*Actually he wrote these first few books, filling in details of the early family, some 10-15 years later.

A very exciting, suspenseful, and action packed story. Kin Sackett finds that young women are being taken and sold into slavery. He is determined to stop the men in his territory that are doing this. His travels take him into the Caribbean to find one of the women and get evidence against the slavers. These actions fuel a feud between him and the slavers which will continue until one of them is dead.