"The Warrior’s Path" and "The Sackett Brand" By Louis L'Amour

Both books are from Louis L'Amour's Sackett series. The Sacketts are a sort of spin off story relating to the Hatfield and McCoy fueds. I have not yet read the book in this series where this family is fueding, but it was mentioned in "The Sackett Brand", so I imagine that the fued takes place in an earlier novel.

I thought that both of these books were going to be westerns, but in fact, "The Warrior's Path" is more like a Colonial / Pirate type of book. The characters are not pirates themselves, but they do have some time at sea and encounter other characters that are like pirates.

Both books were great to "read" (I had them on audio). They would be good in mixed-gender company (since they aren't chick-lit or romance so guys won't roll their eyes too much!) I look forward to reading more from this 17 book series – not including the 9 other stories that Louis L'Amour wrote relating to the Sacketts. For a complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_L%27Amour