Talon & Chantry
The Talon & Chantry is a series of novels by renowned Westerns writer Louis L’Amour. The Talon & Chantry series of novels has eight novels the first of which was “North to the Rails” that was first published in 1971. The first novel in the series was so popular that the author decided to write seven more titles in the series culminating in “Milo Talon”, published in 1981. Although the novels are generally known as the Talon & Chantry books they are also known separately as The Talon Books or the Chantry Books, depending on which family the lead character in the novels is. The lead characters in the series of novels come from a long line of either the Chantry noble family from Scotland or the Talon family that were the early pioneers of the United States and Canada. The characters range from men seeking their fortune in Europe who travel to the Americas, to their descendants who are rugged frontiersmen and sheriffs earning a living or making a fortune in the Wild West. The first Talon appears in “The Man from the Broken Hills” published in 1975 while the first Chantry made his debut in “The Ferguson Rifle” first published in 1971. As is usual with Louis L’Amour, the novels tell intriguing tales full of spectacular action, vivid descriptions, and intense romance with highly satisfying endings.