A Final Reckoning vs The Border Empire: Which Should You Read?

A Final Reckoning G. A. Henty · 1800 ★★★★☆ 3.8 260 pages · ≈ 4 h 49 m · Challenging

A young English lad, after rather a stormy boyhood, emigrates to Australia and gets employment as an officer in the mounted police. A few years of active work on the frontier, where he has many a brush with both natives…

The Border Empire Ralph Compton · 1997 ★★★★☆ 4.0 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Moderate

Wes Stone was a lawman—until the Sandlin gang gunned down his legendary father. Now, he's giving up his badge for vengeance...