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Road to Reckoning
Touchstone. Feb. 2014. 256p. ISBN 9781476731636. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9781476731650. F
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Thomas Walker learned the hard way that if a man chooses to carry a gun, he will get shot. After his father, a Colt revolver salesman, is murdered, 12-year-old Thomas aims to make his way through Pennsylvania to New York City, where his aunt will give him shelter. He latches on to big, blustery Henry Stands, a former Indiana Ranger who is initially opposed to the boy's company. Their on-and-off journey together becomes the stuff of legend. Looking back at this troubled period of his life, having lost two sons during the Civil War, Thomas recalls his near death at the hands of a cave-dwelling cannibal, shoot-outs with his father's killer, and many other fractious adventures. Applying the wisdom of adulthood to his suspenseful story, Thomas more than proves his mettle.
VERDICT Lautner's first novel is lively as a pepperbox, bursting with action and appeal. It is sure to become a classic in the tradition of Charles Portis's True Grit or Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses.
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