Bestselling author James Lee Burke's "stunning" (Publishers Weekly,
starred review) masterpiece is the story of a father and son separated
by war, circumstance, and a race for the Holy Grail--a thrilling entry
in the Holland family saga.
After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Texas
Ranger Hackberry Holland escapes the country in possession of a stolen
artifact believed to be the mythic cup of Christ, earning the ire of a
bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer who places Hack's son, Ishmael,
squarely in the cross hairs of a plot to recapture his prize.
On the journey from revolutionary Mexico in 1918 to the saloons of San
Antonio during the Hole in the Wall Gang's reign, we meet three
extraordinary women: the Danish immigrant who is Ishmael's mother and
Hackberry's one true love; a brothel madam descended from the Crusader
knight who brought the Shroud of Turin back from the Holy Land; and a
onetime lover of the Sundance Kid, whose wiles rival those of Lady
Macbeth. In her own way, each woman will aid Hack in his quest to
reconcile with Ishmael, to vanquish their enemies, and to return the
Grail to its rightful place.
An epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution, The
House of the Rising Sun further cements Burke's reputation as "one of
America's all-time masters" (New York Journal of Books).
