Last Of The Breed: A Novel

I tried my best to read a novel but couldn't ....i couldnt ever complete even half of it ....then i tried this book as it was acc. To my genre....and believe me it is worth a try.....you will never regret it ...i feel seriously glad that this was my first novel ....

I'm a big fan of the late great author Louis L'Amour. I've read 7 of his westerns almost all 5 stars, The Haunted Mesa his only sci fi 5 stars and the Walking Drum another great novel 5 stars. Louis L'Amour was one of America's great authors. His Last of the Breed was spectacular... 5 stars. Louis L'Amour was great with character development and scenery description. The plot is great and is action packed. The book is a page burner...I read it in 1 1/2 day...371 pages. There were no boring parts and the reader wants to read on. Our hero is a US Air Force Major/ super test pilot Joe Mack. He can fly anything. Joe was university educated, an officer and a gentleman but also a skilled Sioux warrior. He is an expert living off the land and highly trained with survival skills. An ambitious Russian Colonel Zamatev planned to have Joe Mack crash in Siberia, capture and torture him to get all the top secret information as well as several other people from different countries. Learn what they can from them via torture and eliminate them. Really evil people. I won't ruin the story for you. Joe is an almost Decathlon Olympic athlete and escapes and pole vaults over a 10 ft razor wire prison fence and escapes into the wooded Siberia in minus 50 degrees below zero weather. We see him making friends with a beautiful women and other poor people of the forest. Joe is trying to make it across the Bering Strait from Siberia just like his ancestors did thousands of years ago. He is hunted by an evil expert tracker/killer Alekhin, the evil Colonel, other officers, the KGB and it seems half of the Russian military. Non stop super action with great survival skills shown and beautiful descriptive scenery. The ending is great but INMO was only 1/2 an ending. INMO Louis L'Amour left himself open for a continuation of the book. I would of bought it immediately. Unfortunately L'Amour has passed away and we won't see the sequel as his wife and kids would of already submitted any continuance to Bantam for publication. L'Amour is mainly known as a world class western writer but was much more. This Last of the Breed shows he was great as an action adventure non western writer too. Also Haunted Mesa shows he could of been a great sci fi writer too if he wanted to. All in all a great total author. The Last of the Breed a great book, highly recommended 5 stars.

This book is incredibly important to educate the reader about the traditions and customs of our First Nations people. Louis L'amour is well known for his exceptional Western novels, which I thoroughly enjoy. His detailed descriptions and thorough coverings of both scenes and characters, totally transport you out of your world and into theirs. This work begins in modern times with an airforce test pilot and then brings you into a more primitive and primal cat and mouse survival experience. The return to his ancestral techniques and knowledge for survival is educational, timeless and riveting.

Awesome book!

My brother told me about this book as he knows I have a great respect for the American Indians and their culture. The book is very entertaining but also shows the how the Souix lived and could disappear without trace when the white man was after him it also makes you realise that life can go on without cars, buses and supermarkets etc., that we now rely on in our daily lives and you can live in the wilderness if you know how to live like your ancestors. I am sure that it will get read more than once.