Comstock Lode (Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures): A Novel

The classic Western, now newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program--with never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour. It was just a godforsaken mountainside, but no place on earth was richer in silver. For a bustling, enterprising America, this was the great bonanza. The dreamers, the restless, the builders, the vultures--they were lured by the glittering promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of a mining camp to raise a legendary boom town. But some sought more than wealth. Val Trevallion, a loner haunted by a violent past. Grita Redaway, a radiantly beautiful actress driven by an unfulfilled need. Two fiercely independent spirits, together they rose above the challenges of the Comstock to stake a bold claim on the future.

Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author's more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures: Volume 1 and Volume 2, Beau L'Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L'Amour's never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.

The classic Western, newly repackaged as part of Bantam's Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures program, features never-before-seen material from Louis and his son, Beau L'Amour. The story is set on a godforsaken mountainside, where the richest silver deposits on earth were discovered, attracting a diverse cast of characters. Dreamers, the restless, builders, and vultures were all lured by the promise of instant riches and survived the brutal hardships of the mining camp to establish a legendary boom town. However, some sought more than just wealth. Val Trevallion, a loner haunted by a violent past, and Grita Redaway, a radiantly beautiful actress driven by an unfulfilled need, are two fiercely independent spirits who rise above the challenges of the Comstock to stake a bold claim on the future.

The Louis L'Amour's Lost Treasures project is designed to release some of the author's more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In the two-volume series, Beau L'Amour takes readers on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was unable to publish during his lifetime. The previously unseen first novel, No Traveller Returns, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas, faithfully completed for this program. Additionally, many beloved classics will be rereleased with exclusive Lost Treasures postscripts featuring previously unpublished material, such as outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts, providing readers with the story behind the stories they have come to know and cherish.

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