ATVSeriesonAMCstarringPierceBrosnanandco-writtenbyPhilippMeyer.Nowinpaperback,thecriticallyacclaimed,NewYorkTimesbestsellingepic,asagaofland,blood,andpowerthatfollowstheriseofoneunforgettableTexasfamilyfromtheComancheraidsofthe1800stotheoilboomsofthe20thcentury.PartepicofTexas,partclassiccoming-of-agestory,partunflinchingexaminationofthebloodypriceofpower,TheSonisagrippingandutterlytransportingnovelthatmapsthelegacyofviolenceintheAmericanwestwithrareemotionalacuity,evenasitpresentsanintimateportraitofonefamilyacrosstwocenturies.EliMcCulloughisjusttwelve-years-oldwhenamaraudingbandofComanchestormhisTexashomesteadandbrutallymurderhismotherandsister,takinghimasacaptive.Despitetheirtortureandcruelty,Eli--againstallodds--adaptstolifewiththeComanche,learningtheirways,theirlanguage,takingonanewname,findingaplaceastheadoptedsonofthechiefoftheband,andfightingtheirwarsagainstnotonlyotherIndians,butwhitemen,too-complicatinghissenseofloyalty,hispromisedvengeance,andhisveryunderstandingofself.Butwhendisease,starvation,andwestwardexpansionfinallydecimatetheComanche,Eliisleftaloneinaworldinwhichhebelongsnowhere,neitherwhitenorIndian,civilizedorfullywild.DeftlyinterweavingEli’sstorywiththoseofhisson,Peter,andhisgreat-granddaughter,JA,TheSondeftlyexploresthelegacyofEli’sruthlessness,hisdrivetopower,andhislife-longstatusasanoutsider,evenastheMcCulloughfamilyrisestobecomeoneoftherichestinTexas,aranching-and-oildynastyofunsurpassedwealthandprivilege.Harrowing,panoramic,anddeeplyevocative,TheSonisafullyrealizedmasterworkinthegreatesttraditionoftheAmericancanon-anunforgettablenovelthatcombinesthenarrativeprowessofLarryMcMurtrywiththeknifeedgesharpnessofCormacMcCarthy.
