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The Condor's Shadow - by Jim Story (Paperback)
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Highlights
- He's wandered state-to-state, changing identities for nearly two decades.
- Author(s): Jim Story
- 262 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
He's wandered state-to-state, changing identities for two decades. And now, finally about to settle and start life anew, he's suddenly confronted by his past.
Book Synopsis
He's wandered state-to-state, changing identities for nearly two decades.
Finally about to start life anew as a small-town Montana journalist, he's suddenly confronted by his darkly checkered past: the love of his life he'd felt forced to surrender, and the violent act that first expelled him onto the road and changed his life forever.
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Advance Praise for The Condor's shadow
"Refreshingly original writing with a delightfully orchestrated twist. ... Story proves to be a master of the slow reveal...a smartly conceived, beguiling tale that few readers will forget."
-Kirkus Reviews
"[A] haunting story .... Steeped in natural beauty and interpersonal connections...."
-D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
"...Jim Story masterfully takes us into the mind of a man...on the run from the skeletons in his past. Get to know him. I did and I'll never forget him."
-Celeste Rita Baker, author of Back, Belly & Side: True Lies and False Tales
"...A ferocious current keeps pulling you along....This is a profound book. And then there is the language, the pure magical brilliance of the language, that brings it all alive."
-Robert Roth, author Health Proxy and Book of Pieces
"...a captivating American odyssey. ...a fast-paced tale of a life lived well under difficult circumstances, a slice of Americana as delicious as your mother's homemade apple pie."
-Jonathan Woods, award-winning author of Bad Juju, A Death in Mexico and Kiss the Devil Goodnight
"The Pacific Northwest comes alive in all its natural splendor.... [a] poignant tale about an enigmatic drifter who ...
discovers no matter how far he travels, his past is waiting in front of him."
-Eva Lesko Natiello, New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Box and Following You
"Jim Story again proves to be a master storyteller....."
-Manuel G. Gonzales, author of Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States
"...threads scenes like a Native American necklace, each skillfully worked bead different, yet bound together by a common theme.... [An} engrossing Odyssey through the American Northwest to find the answer."
-Bob Bachner, author of Last Clear Chance, Baby Grand, and Killing Jack Armstrong
"Part mystery, part suspense with a dash of romance, this compelling, poignant, yet ultimately hopeful...."
-Cathie Borrie, author of The Long Hello: Memory, My Mother, and Me
"...an engrossing story, cleverly woven-a hero's journey from an embattled youth to a hard-won maturity steeped in sorrow and acceptance."
-Hilary Orbach, author of Transgressions and Other Stories
"In suspenseful, compelling prose, Jim Story presents the tragic journey story of Clayton Poole, .... A brilliant illustration of a moral man's battle with evil and his journey to recall his essential goodness."
-Stephanie Laterza, author of The Psyche Trials
"What a marvelous piece of work-a genuine American saga that sweeps us through history before we know it, and a new take on the legend of the loner in the Great West with one of the most decent heroes in a long time.... thoroughly masculine, but in a positive way. ....Everyman in the way we would want him, and ourselves, to be...."
-Ronald Story (no relation to Jim), author of Jonathan Edwards and the Gospel of Love