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Ecco
June 2013
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Featuring: Eli McCullough
592 pages
ISBN: 0062120395
EAN: 9780062120397
Kindle: B009NF6YLM
Hardcover / e-Book
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Historical
Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part
unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The
Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the
legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of
the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and
dangerous as the land they claim Spring, 1849. The
first male child born in the newly established Republic of
Texas, Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding
band of Comanches storms his homestead and brutally murders
his mother and sister, taking him captive. Brave and clever,
Eli quickly adapts to life among the Comanches, learning
their ways and language, answering to a new name, becoming
the chief's adopted son, and waging war against their
enemies, including white men—which complicates his sense of
loyalty and understanding of who he is. But when disease,
starvation, and overwhelming numbers of armed Americans
decimate the tribe, Eli finds himself alone. Neither white
nor Indian, civilized nor fully wild, he must carve a place
for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong—a
journey of adventure, tragedy, hardship, grit, and luck that
reverberates in the lives of his progeny. Intertwined
with Eli's story are those of his son, Peter, a man who
bears the emotional cost of his father's drive for power,
and Jeannie, Eli's great-granddaughter, a woman who must
fight hardened rivals to succeed in a man's
world. Philipp Meyer deftly explores how Eli's
ruthlessness and steely pragmatism transform subsequent
generations of McCulloughs. Love, honor, even children are
sacrificed in the name of ambition as the family becomes one
of the richest powers in Texas, a ranching-and-oil dynasty
of unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires,
the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of
their choices. Harrowing, panoramic, and vividly drawn,
The Son is a masterful achievement from a sublime
young talent.
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