Friday Freebie: Road to Reckoning by Robert Lautner

Congratulations to Carol Wong, winner of last week's Friday Freebie: the bundle of Timothy Schaffert novels The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God, The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters, and The Coffins of Little Hope.

This week's book giveaway is Road to Reckoning by Robert Lautner.  It's a novel which shot straight to the summit of my always-growing To-Be-Read mountain (aka Mt. NeveRest) based simply on a gangbusters plot and some adept writing (at least in the opening pages).  Here's the publisher's blurb to tell you more about what you'll find in these pages:

After twelve-year-old Thomas Walker’s father, a mild-mannered spectacles salesman hoping to raise the family’s fortunes by selling Samuel Colt’s new invention, the “Improved Revolving Gun,” is heartlessly killed and robbed on the road, Thomas escapes armed with only his own wits, courage, and determination—as well as a wooden replica of the Colt revolver. He is alone and adrift until a fortuitous encounter with Henry Stands, a formidable former Indiana ranger, leads to an improbable partnership. The two set out determined to make a moral accounting for the murder of Thomas’ father. In the spirit of The Sisters Brothers and True Grit, this spare, elegant, and emotionally resonant story conveys, through a boy's eyes, a beautiful father-son story, as well as the fascinating history of how the birth of the revolver changed the course of violence in America. Road to Reckoning offers a window into the history of the American West and the heart of a boy yearning for love.

If you’d like a chance at winning a copy of Road to Reckoning, simply email your name and mailing address to

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Put FRIDAY FREEBIE in the e-mail subject line.  One entry per person, please.  Despite its name, the Friday Freebie runs all week long and remains open to entries until midnight on Feb. 20, at which time I’ll draw the winning name.  I’ll announce the lucky reader on Feb. 21.  If you’d like to join the mailing list for the once-a-week newsletter, simply add the words “Sign me up for the newsletter” in the body of your email.  Your email address and other personal information will never be sold or given to a third party (except in those instances where the publisher requires a mailing address for sending Friday Freebie winners copies of the book).

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