

Lords of An Empty Land
Author: Randy Denmon
Narrator: Kevin Orton
Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 05/08/2015
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Randy Denmon
Narrator: Kevin Orton
Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 05/08/2015
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
This was an excellent book that would be classified as a Western although it deals with place and a period of time largely ignored by Western authors. The book takes place in Northern Louisiana during the era of Reconstruction. The protagonist is a federal officer who is trying to mend the wounds of......more
Set in Reconstruction Louisiana following the American Civil War, Captain Douglas Owens is tasked with putting down thieves and a silent but violent resistance to Yankee law and rule. Throw in the romance in the novel and you could have a Zane Grey novel.......more
It's 1869. The war between the states is over. Life in the south was, to say the least, a challenge. For the landowners who had slaves to work their fields, they were now lucky if the freed men and women would stay to help. Chaos ruled the land. Outlaws scared the towns. Seeing the freed men and woma......more
I absolutely adored this book. Set in post-Civil War Louisiana, it delves deeply into the manner in which freed slaves were terrorized. With one man trying to keep an undeclared war between the displaced people of both colors, Lords descends quickly and surely into suspense-filled chaos. Vivid chara......more