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Devil's Canyon (Compton, Ralph. Sundown Riders.)
by Ralph Compton
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Signet (1998-05-01)
ISBN: 0451195191
EAN: 9780451195197
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Paperback: 352 pages
SKU: 1222
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Very Good.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Sundown Riders gallop into thier fourth adventure, Devil's Canyon, which finds the four mercenaries on a mission delivering dynamite through the desert to a Utah Gold Mine. But a treacherous undercover outlaw within thier ranks will make their journey that much more dangerous...
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Customer Reviews
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Whoops, where are we now?
Rating  (2)
Date: 2002-02-26
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Unfortunately, Ralph Compton's writing is being compared to Louis L'amour but whoever is making the comparison forgot one important characteristic of L'amour: he knew what and where he was writing about. For example, Compton would have the reader believe that the Colorado River in the deep canyons of Utah can be bridged in one-two days with (in reality) non-existent timber and that the Green River seems to run east-west. The dialogue is terribly simplistic. The characters are poorly developed and often inconsistent. The ending reveals no satisfactory (believable?)tension or resolution in the story line which practically dissolves before you can even turn the pages.
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Not the best Ralph Compton.
Rating  (3)
Date: 2000-03-21
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Not the best Compton I have ever read, but his Trail Drive series books I highly recommend.
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Cliche Canyon
Rating  (1)
Date: 1999-12-22
1 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I picked up this book because it was about the land from Santa Fe to Utah via southwestern Colorado. Lands that I live in, have lived in, and haved camped and hiked. Instead I found a book that failed to describe these beautiful and often harsh lands, brought in a cast of characters that added nothing to the nothing plot, and was discriminatory to the Ute Indians. I tried to count all the "cliches" used, but lost interest as fast as I lost interest in the book. The book is labeled a historical novel; try hysterical novel. Glaring errors like building a bridge over the Colorado River in Utah with fir trees. Maybe that's why you can't find any now, they were all used for this bridge. Some books you just can't put down. This book I should never have picked up.
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