Last Stand at Saber River

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Richard Poe

A quiet haunted man, Paul Cable walked away from a lost cause hoping to pick up where he left off. But things have changed in Arizona since he first rode out to go fight for the Confederacy. Two brothers—Union men—have claimed his spread and they're not about to give it back, leaving Cable and his family no place to settle in peace. It seems this war is not yet over for Paul Cable. But no one's going to take away his land and his future—not with their laws, their lies, or their guns.

Vintage Leonard

Any additional comments?

Another stellar performance by a true master. With not a word extra and no extraneous element to slow the plot down, the story drives forward with all the force and inevitability of a falling redwood, the prose so stripped-down and pure as to make even Hemingway look florid. Despite the tale's apparent simplicity Leonard even manages to add an element of moral ambiguity to the genre's usually stark division between good and evil, making the already gripping story even more compelling. The remarkable thing is that Leonard's sure hand should be no less apparent in this, and other of his early Westerns, as it is in his later work. A real gem.

A lot more than just a Western

I love these Elmore Leonard Westerns. They run deep, and they transcend time. You can put yourself in the protagonist's shoes. Moral conumdrum- how would you hold up? Great Story. lustened in one day.

how can you not like it?

it's Elmore Leonard, for petes sake! The same.guy who gave us Fire Down Below which in turn gave us JUSTIFIED.

Another Elmore Leonarard Keeper

Mainly, I'd like to comment on the perfect combination of an Elmore Leonard yarn and Richard Poe's narration. Elmore always delivers, so my favorites are most often determined by how well I like the read, and Richard Poe brought this story to life. He's the kind of storyteller/narrator that you can enjoy listening to even if your attention drifts and you lose track of the storyline.

Elmore does corny

I picked this up again after losing it for a year wondering why I had abandoned it. After an hour or so I learned why. Very corny 50s B grade western story line that was as predictable as a B grade 50s western could be. As it built to the climax my interest faded into the sunset.