This James Lee Burke classic features Son Holland, the
great-grandfather of beloved hero Billy Bob Holland, as he flees a
Louisiana prison camp with a Native American woman and a fellow prisoner
in tow.
James Lee Burke steps back three generations to reveal the
lightning-paced tale of western lawman Billy Bob Holland's
great-grandfather, a fugitive swept up in the proud fight for Texan
independence.
Son Holland escaped a Louisiana chain gang--but never intended to kill a
prison guard during the breakaway. Terrified for his life, on the run
through the bayou with fellow escapee Hugh Allison and a beautiful
Indian squaw, Son flees across the river to Texas, where the only chance
the travelers have for survival awaits in a violent storm of revolution
led by General Houston and James Bowie.