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Are There Any Sequels To The Shadow Riders?

2025-12-19 13:27:54

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Nora

None, thank goodness. While a sequel to The Shadow Riders would be wonderful in many ways, I wouldn’t have wanted it to be long. I would have wanted it to end at about the same time as this book. My own idea for a sequel to The Shadow Riders would have been to have followed the Macon brothers after they’ve got their revenge on the Baron, and gone after the men who are using force to try to stop the construction of the railroads.

But even in the absence of sequels, this story was so wonderful and well-written that I found comfort in the fact that it only had to be as long as it was, as complete as it was. Other books have similar scenarios, Macon brothers sort, but go on for way too long, but not this one. This one ends on a beautiful, wide-open, dusty horizon. I even drew up a scenario for a fictional sequel to this one – the Macon brothers fighting the railroad, for example. Maybe I’ll actually have to write that up as a work of fiction. For now, though, plenty of his work exists to satiate my reading needs. Note to self: his books as audiobooks are incredible, and make the cow ponies and trips seem so epic with David Strathairn narrating.

2025-12-20

Uri

Man, 'The Shadow Riders' by Louis L’Amour is one of my favorite westerns of all time. While there are no direct sequels to 'The Shadow Riders', there are many other standalone stories set in the same universe of rugged adventure and family loyalty. If you enjoyed 'The Shadow Riders', especially the Macon brothers, you might enjoy 'Comstock Lode' or 'Sackett’s Land'. The two books are set in different locations, but have much the same feeling of strength, and loyalty to family. I kind of wish there were more to the story of the two brothers, but maybe the author just wanted to leave it open ended to be more in line with the wild west feeling.

I actually spent an afternoon of a long gone summer perusing used book stores everywhere in town looking for “The Shadow Riders Part 2”. What I found out after hours of looking was that Louis L’Amour didn’t do a lot of sequels. Mostly he wrote a long list of Stand Alones that were to capture moments in time of the Frontier and the special lives of the people who lived it. Oh well, all I can recommend is “The Strong Shall Live” and the other Short Stories that he has written. L’Amour wrote over 250 novels in his long writing career so the chances of you not finding something you like are small.

2025-12-24

Mia

Sadly, no sequels were written for “The Shadow Riders”. But if you want to keep reading more by L’Amour, his bibliography is so vast that you could get lost in it for years. For another lone rider story, consider “Kilkenny”. For a coming-of-age story with plenty of action, consider “Reilly’s Luck”. The fact that there are no sequels to “The Shadow Riders” is what keeps it a special gem that one would not trade for anything, even another well-worn saddle.

2025-12-25

Dylan

I really enjoy the works of Louis L’Amour. This book was one of my first ‘introductions’ to his writing and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. While this book does not have any sequels, it has a relative in the Sackett series. The two brothers in this book have much the same relationship as the two main Sackett brothers, Tell and Orrin. Other books in the same genre that may be of interest are ‘Jubal Sackett’ and ‘Lando’. L’Amour often includes references to other places and characters in his works, making them very fun to read again and again.

Non-series works by Louis L’Amour are also worthy of reading. ‘Bendigo Shafter’ is a good lone-wolf-turned-community-builder type of story. While his books are complete as they are and would make great campfire tales to pass down through generations, I would love to see a book that included Dal and Mac Traven in it, perhaps have them stumble into the middle of a Sackett family feud.

2025-12-25

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