Formerly titled THE LAST RIDE, author Thomas Eidson mixes the concepts of Grace, Justice, Hope, Pentance and Family with the age old Western genre elements of Wilderness, Violence, Horses, Savagery and Strength and creates a great contemporary Western.
The characters of Samuel Jones and his daughter Maggie and granddaughters Lily and Dot are destined to become classic figures in the Western pantheon. They are flawed to be sure, but endowed with healthy portions of intelligence, resolve and spiritual endowment. Eidson brilliantly creates strong women characters, deftly able to bridge the feminine nurturing instinct with the warrior spirit- perhaps his greatest achievement with this book. He also uses his narrative to explore, challenge the concept of, and define the notion of "Family"- both extended and nuclear.
THE LAST RIDE (now called THE MISSING), ventures into the bloody, eerie and mythical territory...
The characters of Samuel Jones and his daughter Maggie and granddaughters Lily and Dot are destined to become classic figures in the Western pantheon. They are flawed to be sure, but endowed with healthy portions of intelligence, resolve and spiritual endowment. Eidson brilliantly creates strong women characters, deftly able to bridge the feminine nurturing instinct with the warrior spirit- perhaps his greatest achievement with this book. He also uses his narrative to explore, challenge the concept of, and define the notion of "Family"- both extended and nuclear.
THE LAST RIDE (now called THE MISSING), ventures into the bloody, eerie and mythical territory...
