THE KILKENNY SAGA

Name: THE KILKENNY SAGA
Price: 4.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (5107 reviews)
Author: L'Amour, Louis

by L'Amour, Louis

Historical Fiction Thriller

4.5 (5,107)

4.5 stars from 5,107 reviews. One of the highest rated Historical Fiction books we track.

Published by Buckskin Western

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Last checked: Apr 24, 2026

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Perfect for you if...

You love classic westerns with a gunslinger protagonist who's trying to do right by people even when it costs him.
You appreciate Louis L'Amour's tight plotting and authentic frontier detail without the bloat of modern adventure fiction.
You want two substantial novels for the price of one, and you don't care about the latest trends in publishing.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer your protagonists morally grey or outright villainous—Kilkenny is fundamentally good, which limits moral complexity.
You're looking for romance as a central plot driver rather than a supporting element.
You want contemporary western settings or revisionist takes on the genre rather than traditional frontier storytelling.

About this book

This collection contains two Kilkenny novels in their original, unaltered form, as Louis L'Amour originally wrote them before his paperback publishers made changes. In The Rider of Lost Creek, the mysterious gunfighter Kilkenny rides to help a friend whose small ranch is caught in the crossfire of a brutal range war. In A Man Called Trent, Kilkenny has changed his name and retired to a small cabin in the wilderness, but killers target his best friend's children, drawing him back into action. Both novels feature action, romance, and authentic western lore.

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