Review: Great first novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Dan Eitreim has written a compelling book with this his first novel. He has created a realistic  and manageable cast of characters whose personalities have been well developed and explored. The scenes in the book are well depicted and the reader can readily visualize the scenes and situations described.  T beginning scenes of the steamboat explosion were so powerful, I was compelled to research this tragedy.  The book had a strong story line and several surprises along the way but it could stand a bit of editing.  Several facts wererepeated several times unnecessarily: as if the author felt his readers were not paying attention and several of the similie s just didn't work well with the picture he was trying to paint.  All in all, although I generally do not read many Westerns, this one kept my interest and I truly enjoyed the adventure.