Review: Good story, excellent descriptions but unspoken undercurrent
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2014
I believe this is the sequel to Ace High so some of the characters introduced in the earlier book, in addition to the main character in this book, Ben Blue, are brought into this story.  The plot centers around a trip to Amarillo from Ben Blue's New Mexico ranch to purchase full bred Hereford cattle.  They have to pass through an area of marauding bandits and Indians.  Ben and his grandfather-in-law survive the the trip to a small town near Amarillo but the nagging question, throughout the early part of the book is how are the two of them going to make it back through the same stretch driving a small herd of cattle.  Although the book is written in the first person, it surprised me that the main character never raises this question.  This unspoken issue certainly helped hold my interest throughout the book but, at the same time, made the main character somewhat less creditable.  Nevertheless, I found it to be a very entertaining story.