Adamson, Gil
Ridgerunner
- ISBN 13:
- 9781487009038
- author:
- Adamson, Gil
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Pages:
- 456
- Dimensions:
- 20.1 x 12.5 x 2.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Westerns, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
William Moreland is in mid-flight, his notorious past finally catching up with him. The Ridgerunner, a man of legend, has returned. Now, in his later years, he is driven by a desire to secure his son's future. In a desperate bid to provide for his child, he sets out to steal enough money to ensure a better life. Twelve-year-old Jack Boulton has been left in the care of Sister Beatrice, a formidable nun who keeps him in seclusion. Though he knows his father is coming for him, the boy longs to return to his family's cabin, deep in the woods. When Jack finally breaks free, he takes with him something the nun is determined to get back - at any cost. Set against the backdrop of a distant war raging in Europe and a rapidly changing landscape in the West, this vivid historical novel draws from the epic tradition and a literary Western, steeped in the wild of the natural world and touched with humour and loss.