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| View Larger Image | Dark Passage (Skye's West)
by Richard S. Wheeler
| | List Price: | $6.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 525896 | | Studio: | Forge Books | | | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 320 | | Publication Date: | July 31, 2007 | | Publisher: | Forge Books |
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Product Description
It is 1831 and Barnaby Skye, a deserter from the British Royal Navy and now a seasoned trapper in the Rocky Mountains, accompanies his Crow wife, Mary Quill Woman--whom he calls "Victoria"--to her village on the Yellowstone River. Victoria--unhappy with her husband's drinking and his unwillingness to join her people's fight against their sworn enemies, the Blackfeeet--succumbs to the entreaties of Jim Beckwourth, the much-honored and wealthy mulatto war chief of the Crow People.
But when Victoria is abducted by the Bloods, the deadliest band of Blackfeet, Skye trails her across the border into Canada, where he is still wanted for deserting his ship at Fort Vancouver four years ago. But the Bloods are a deadly force, and Skye must face his fiercest battle ever to win her freedom and her heart.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)
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"Dark Passage" and Richard S. Wheeler are great 
Several months ago I purchased this book and introduced myself to the excellent writing style of Richard S. Wheeler, a critically acclaimed Western writer who certainly deserves a wider following. Barnaby Skye is one of the most compelling figures in modern Western writing and a fair depiction of the legendary Mountain Men of the early Nineteenth Century. Their kind has long since vanished from the earth, but Wheeler takes you right into their lifestyle and makes his readers feel we are along for the adventure. His depiction of legendary Mountain Man Jim Beckwourth rings true. Skye's Crow wife, Victoria, is a wonderful character -- and the plot is fast-paced and exciting. This book, like almost any book by Wheeler, is hard to put down once underway.
May 05, 2005 | |
Authentic adventure
Once again Richard Wheeler thrusts us into the turbulant world of Mountain man, Barnaby Skye and his two Indian wives, Victoria and Mary only this time the story takes a more familiar twist. All's not well in the Skye household and change for the worse and better is afoot.
Victoria has had enough and leaves the morose Skye and like the other books in this series that's only the beginning of an epic adventure.
There's enough action and adventure for any man while offering something substantial for the ladies as well. This book's about salvaging their lives and expectations and finding some scarred redemption in the hard fought process.
Wheeler tells a good story. You won't be disappointed.
December 28, 2001 | |
The Hornblower of the Old West
Richard Wheeler, who has created some of the most memorable characters in all the literature of the American West, has outdone himself--and everybody else--with Barnaby Skye, Rocky Mountain trapper, guide and adventurer and late of His Majesty's Royal Navy. In Skye, Wheeler has outdone Frederick Manfred and Vardis Fisher and giving us a mountain man to remember. There are a dozen novels in the Skye series--beginning with SUN RIVER in 1989--so the reader who has yet to discover this Horatio Hornblower of the early West has an enviable treat in store. And, thankfully, DARK PASSAGE is not the last in the series.
March 14, 1999 | |
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