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Cheyenne Raiders (Thorndike Western II)

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After four years of reading the law in Boston, Yale graduate Thomas Benton McCabe decides he needs a change. He accepts a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and almost immediately is sent west to write a report on a remote Cheyenne tribe. At home, the assignment seemed easy, but in the middle of Missouri exclusively surrounded by Indians for miles, the job appears impossible.

Thomas saves the life of a Cheyenne chief, Spotted Fox. Though he distrusts the whites who always come in peace, a grateful Spotted Fox allows "Mack Cabe" to join his tribe. Soon Mack falls in love with Night Bird Woman. In accordance with tribal law, Mack will have to first fight her intended Three Hatchets. If he survives that test, he must surmount the Test of Fire for the honor of marrying Night Bird Woman. Unbeknownst to Mack his tribulations are just beginning.

CHEYENNE RAIDERS is a reprint of a novel that fantasy fan favorite Robert Jordan wrote in the early 1980's as Jackson O'Reilly. The story line is fast-paced, filled with non-stop action, and picturesquely makes the late 1830's seem alive. The motives of the characters are never fully developed as the adventures that happen to Mack take center stage. Fans of western novels with plenty of conflict, activity, and energy will enjoy CHEYENNE RAIDERS. Still Mr. Jordan's "Wheel of Time" fans might only want to read this as a curiosity piece that showcase the author's earlier work.

Harriet Klausner

This is a fast-paced story with lots of action about Thomas McCabe sent to live with a tribe of Cheyenne in Missouri in l837.
Customs, traditions and a way of life he soon comes to appreciate are all part of the plot as he is sent on a job for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to observe and record the Cheyenne for the Bureau. Excitement and adventures are in each chapter of the novel. A good read!
Evelyn Horan - teacher/counselor/author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl, Books One - three

I just finished this book last night. It had a great story but a sad ending. I was hoping Thomas McCabe and Night Bird Woman would live together forever as husband and wife. Unfortonately that didn't happened. Don't get me wrong they live together until death do they part, but I was hoping they would live together until they die of old age!! Because of that I give this book 3 stars instead of 5. Other than that it was a good book.