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Title: The Spoilers

Subtitle: Lady Valkyrie Westerns

Author: Rex Beach

Narrator: Jack Sondericker

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-14

Publisher: Books in Motion

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Nome, where gold glitters in the sand and armies of men come to scoop it out. For the lucky ones, fortunes are made overnight. But fortunes can be lost just as fast. Claim jumpers are as thick as fleas. With the backing of a greedy judge, big-city interests are moving in and seizing small claims through smart, corrupt, legal manipulations.

Tricked by the city slickers and frustrated by the corrupt court, the hardy miners take matters into their own hands. Led by Glenister and Dextry, owners of the small, rich claim called the Midas, the miners resort to the only justice that is still available to them...six-gun justice.

Members Reviews:

Extremely good read

After watching the old John Wayne Movie I decided to read the novel. I was not disappointed. The descriptions of inner struggle for love and power were insightful and compelling. The flaws of human nature were revealed and the clash of the Titans was colorful and dramatic. It could have moved a little faster, but the slower pace, imagery and colorful characters are what make it a great read. The movie did not do this novel anything close to justice.

exciting adventure

A story of the gold rush in Alaska and claim jumpers and the fight that incurs from it. It has great characters and plenty of action with one great fist fight at the end, it also has a mistaken love story through it that was very interesting, a great book that was made into several great movies so buy and enjoy you won't be disappointed.

Still Good Reading After More Than A Century

This is a gripping book that is full of adventure and suspense. Although it was written in 1906, the story is still compelling. It's still such a good story that the book has been made into a movie at least 6 times starting in 1914. I enjoy Rex Beach because although he was known as the "Victor Hugo of the North", he still spent a lot of time in my state, Florida, and his grave is located at Rollins College in Winter Park. Read more about him at[...]

The Spoilers

The story is great but I just have a hard time reading stories that are written in the "Vernacular" of the time such as Zane Grey did as well. I spend to much time working to pronounce the words.

I may be alone.

Reading a book more than a century old by a forgotten author makes me believe I'm the only one reading the Spoilers today or on any given night. That's a shame. This is a magnificent book. It is fast paced, beautifully crafted, and just plain entertaining. I know Beach had a tragic life but he left us a good read. Maybe it's my love of the North that drew me to it but it's the story that kept me with it. One paragraph on the description of the small locomotive engine in the chapter on Dynamite is brilliant. Why don't authors write like this today?