Books Details
Author : James Lee Burke Pages : pages Publisher : Language : eng ISBN-
10 : B00V3L92DG ISBN-13 :
Books Descriptions
New York Times bestseller James Lee Burke returns with his latest
masterpiece, the story of a father and son separated by war and
circumstance-and whose encounter with the legendary Holy Grail will
change their lives forever.From its opening scene in revolutionary Mexico
to the Battle of the Marne in 1918, and on to the bordellos and saloons of
San Antonio during the reign of the Hole in the Wall Gang, House of the
Rising Sun is an epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance and retribution
that follows Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland on his journey to reunite
with his estranged son, Ishmael, a captain in the United States
Army.After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead,
Hackberry escapes the country in possession of a stolen artifact, earning
the ire of a bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer who then places Hack?s son
Ishmael squarely in the cross hairs of a plot to recapture his prize,
believed to be the mythic cup of Christ.Along the way, we meet three
