Ghosts? Real, who knows the answer.Mike decides to visit the scientist unfinished house, oh never easy, located naturally on top of a haunted mesa no problem he'll go alone obvious to anyone else a bad idea. So Raglan arrives in the southwest, famous four corners area (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico) and no friend! Strange rumors abound that the Anasazi, the ancient cliff dwellers have been seen, they had disappeared centuries ago. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by the desperate letter of an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is slowly drawn into a world of mystery and violence, where he will ultimately learn the astonishing legacy of the Anasazi.ĭrawing on his expensive knowledge of Indian lore and mysticism, as well as his love for the Southwest's Four Corners country, Louis L'Amour has written an authentically detailed epic adventure that teaks his readers across the most extraordinary frontier they have ever experienced.Mike Raglan a well known investigator and writer gets a strange message from a friend, an eccentric rich scientist, (aren't they all?) he needs help quickly, this begins then a weird adventure if you can believe it. L'Amour's inspiration for The Haunted Mesa, his biggest hardcover bestseller ever, is a centuries-old enigma that has baffled historians: the sudden disappearance off that face of the earth of a race of Southwestern cliff dwellers the Navajo (Din'eh) called Anasazi. With the passion of a born adventurer and the storytelling skills that have made him one of the world's most popular novelists, Louis L'Amour now takes us beyond the laws of man and nature into a world of legend, danger and mysterious adventure. If you like Jim Butcher's stuff or Stephen King's, you will like this one. During his life, he did much more than I am ever likely to do. Louis L'Amour was getting on in years by 1987, and in fact, he died the very next year. This one perhaps has a few rough spots, which I can forgive. I am not really a big fan of the Western genre, though I have generally liked Louis L'Amour's work. By whatever they are called, they are a sort of portal to another world. The idea is also referenced by Lovecraft, Burroughs and likely others I am unaware of. Jim Butcher calls them 'ways', Stephen King calls them 'thinnies'. Basic to the story is that there are methods of getting from one universe or world to another that do not necessarily require any kind of artifact. It deals with the Anasazi and provides one answer to the burning question among many as to where they went. This is the only book in the science fiction genre that Louis L'amour ever wrote.

The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour