Book: ‘Matt Jensen: The Last Mountain Man: Dakota Ambush’ by William W. Johnstone – May 31st, 2016
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.31, 2016, under Books
Dakota Ambush by William W. Johnstone
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Standard troubles for the Jensen boys, but with a more involved setting and cast. After now reading over two dozen Johnstone Clan stories, this plot is being revisitied again. Usually the town takeover is covered in the Smoke Jensen series. This time, loosely connected Matt Jensen gets a swing at cleaning things up.
The bad guy is again British, which I find curious. The British have often been the rub in a Johnstone Clan book. This one is much like the others, with just a whole lot more land and money. There’s a lot familiar with this book. Except for the town’s people. Here this book veers from other Johnstone books and well fleshes out the townspeople and the setting of the small city. The hero doesn’t even arrive to the location to save the day until more than half way through the book. Though Matt Jensen is chronicled through the book, the characters of the town take more of a center stage as we learn of their troubles before Jensen steps in.
Further complaint involving the cover and the title. Neither are good representations of the actual book.
Though familiar if you have read other Johnstone Clan books, it’s still a very good and more involved story.
Bottom line: I recommend this story. 6 out of ten points.
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