Friday, May 15, 2026

Book of the Week: Kilrone by Louis L'Amour

I like westerns, and I've read a few of them by Louis L'Amour and I've enjoyed them. The latest book I enjoyed was "Kilrone." This was a good story and had some interesting characters, especially the main character, Barnes Kilrone, former Army officer who left the army. He wound up defending a fort from Indian attacks that were orchestrated by an insider, who turned out to be the villain of the story. It kept me reading and I finished the book within a week! Really enjoyable characters and story!

ABOUT THE BOOK: Kilrone by Louis L'Amour

When Major Frank Paddock and Barnes Kilrone were dashing young officers in Paris, they both fell in love with the same woman. But now they are men in exile in one of the harshest territories of the American West. It is against this inhospitable backdrop, where survival itself is a day-to-day struggle, that Paddock makes a fateful decision that will plunge both men into a headlong battle for their lives and the lives they’re sworn to protect. As Paddock leads his company of soldiers in pursuit of a Bannock war party, Kilrone is left behind to guard the post’s women and children. And before the day is over, one of them, outnumbered and outgunned, will be trapped in a fight to the finish.…

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