A New Enemy Lurks in The Desert

Still unpacking Lonesome Dove, if you're interested in a really good western book this is it. The hottest thing on the market you got to have it. Please refer to my older posts to keep up to date with proper characterization. Up to this point a proper Antagonist has been brought up and seen in the book. He goes by the name of Blue Duck. He is a Texas Outlaw that associates himself with Native Americans Tribes because everyone else is an enemy and hunting for his head. Blue Duck had stolen Lorena from a campsite she was at waiting for Jake to come back from his duties. He tied her up and rode her on an unsaddled horse threw the desert to Native Americans and might sell her to them as a sex slave for appeasement.

Augustus would be the stories main protagonist because most of the story revolves around him and you get the best sense that he is the best guy out there in the Wild West. He treats women with respect and not as sexual partners for sex only. He has great leader skills and is a very successful cowboy. He has very good vision and can spot a Native riding a horse a mile away, very keen.

One thing Western novels are particularly good as is keeping conflicts from happening until the end. There is so much build up as to Augustus following Blue Ducks hot trail and hopefully the trial won't go cold because the good guy needs to win and save the damsel in distress. Lorena is a good woman that quit being a prostitute to run away with the man of her dream so San Fran. She does not deserve this kidnapping and becoming a sexual pleasure appeasement to the Native Americans.