Bøker av Michael Milardo

Epic in scope and inspired by actual people and events in what was Indian Territory - present-day Oklahoma - Black Sun, Killer Moon tells the extraordinary story of escaped slave Silence Reeves. Hoping to find his way north to freedom after killing his master, Silence is scooped up by a tornado and slammed down in Indian Territory, where no white man's law exists, only savages, Silence believes, who will eat his liver. What Silence discovers, however, begins his transformation from forced ignorance to, "A civilized man. A dignified man. An educated man." But also a gunman as he begins the hunt for his adoptive father's killer amid the explosion of post-Civil War crime in Indian Territory. To end the lawlessness, a "hanging judge" is summoned and U.S. Deputy Marshals are appointed. Rangers with the shooting and tracking skills necessary to bring in the worst humanity has to offer - dead or alive. Men with skills like those of Silence Reeves and the astute, ever-insightful Creek leader, Hawk Eyes. But also men like the one who murdered Silence's adoptive father. A clash between Silence and that man becomes inevitable. A mere question of time and place. With a resolution that will leave readers breathless.

Using a broad spectrum of genres, from humor to mystery to psychological thriller, even horror, along with literary fiction, these ten stories delve into childhood dilemmas and experiences, and the beauty and scars that they leave. They are stories of children and parents to which we can all relate - for the love, humor, irony, and tragedy they express; and for the heart-rending insights into life and the human psyche they offer. Sometimes these themes are brought to light in ways that are tender and fragile, at other times in ways that are frank and terrifying. Either way, the stories and their characters are always provocative. And always unique. Like the nine short stories that precede it, the book''s featured novella and title story - Herm and Pop Visit Eternity - examines the special bond between a child and parent, in this case, a gravely ill grandparent, in a relentless, tension-filled, yet beautiful and discerning way. Herm and Pop set out on a journey in pursuit of a dream. Their journey is about baseball and life, love and war. It is about gods and heroes and dreams of immortality, and what happens when those dreams fail. It is about all of us, what we want and pray for, and what we dread. But can Pop''s heart survive the journey? Or will the illnesses he has kept secret, and their imminent danger, shatter his and Herm''s dream?