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Lakeuden laki

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Eletään 1800-lukua Texasissa. Louise Poindexter on kaunis nuori nainen, jolla on kaksi ihailijaa – sekä Cassius Calhoun että Maurice Gerald haaveilevat saavansa Louisen omakseen. Kun Louisen veli Henry Poindexter tapetaan, tilanne mutkistuu. Kuka on Henryn murhan takana? Onko Louisen kosijoilla jotain tekemistä Henryn kuoleman kanssa?

Niin kuin Henryn kuolema ei itsessään olisi tarpeeksi, Poindexterien plantaaseilla alkaa vierailla mystinen vieras – hevosella ratsastava mies, jolla ei ole päätä.

"Lakeuden laki" on päätösosa Mayne Reidin hyytävään klassikkoromaaniin vuodelta 1865. Edelliset osat ovat "Aavikon ritari" ja "Päätön ratsastaja".

Kirjailija Mayne Reid johdattaa lukijan 1800-luvun Texasiin ja sen plantaaseille, jossa kulkee päätön ratsumies. Päättömän ratsumiehen legenda tunnetaan monissa kansanperinteissä ympäri maailman – ja legenda on innoittanut Reidin lisäksi monia muitakin taiteilijoita.

Mayne Reid (1818–1883) oli irlantilais-yhdysvaltalainen romaanikirjailija. Hän kirjoitti pitkän uransa aikana useita rakastettuja seikkailuromaaneja.



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