![]() It came to him with a sense of satisfaction but also with a profound sense of burden. The old Mide had sat erect and expressionless, but his presence-and Sam’s-in that place where the Anishinaabeg had sought but seldom received justice spoke to the hope they now held.Ĭork felt the solemnity of the moment. Sam Winter Moon had come, and Cork had been especially pleased to see Henry Meloux at the back of the courtroom. His wife, Jo, had been there, along with his three young children and his sister-in-law, Rose. ![]() He wore the khaki uniform he’d ironed himself for the swearing-in ceremony, which had been held that morning in the county courthouse a block away. The desk, clear at the moment of all but a morning paper, a ceramic mug that held pens rather than coffee, and a framed family photograph, was a mosaic of scars and cigarette burns, the legacy of his father and the other men who’d sat behind that desk before Cork. On his first day as the newly sworn-in sheriff of Tamarack County, Minnesota, Cork O’Connor seated himself behind the desk that came with the badge. With full back-up from his parents and the support of his friends, 12-year-old Cork solves the mystery, setting the stage for a terrific series.” -Karen Bakshoian, Letterpress Books (Portland, ME) The story is intense but the boys are believable with their Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn spirit of adventure without being sappy. Krueger describes plenty of fascinating Native American lore and love of the forest, lake and streams. Lightning Strike is a gripping, heartbreaking tale with beautiful writing, vividly drawn characters, and a story you won’t be able to put down.” -David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Edgar and Hammett Prize-nominated author of Winter Counts Not just a story of fathers and sons, it’s also a tale of Natives and settlers and how laws such as the Indian Relocation Act influenced both. I’ve long been a fan of William Kent Krueger’s Cork O’Connor series, and this essential novel allows us to witness how young Cork developed and matured. I loved it.” -Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale This is a beautifully written novel that packs a powerful punch. A pitch perfect, richly imagined story that is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and an evocative, emotionally charged coming of age tale that explores the complex bonds between fathers and sons and the long simmering animosities of the past. ![]() “William Kent Krueger is a master storyteller at the top of his game with Lightning Strike. Krueger has written another perceptive coming-of-age novel, the poignant story of a father and son trying to understand each other.” - Library Journal (starred review) “This sensitive, moving prequel introduces and draws readers into the series. suspenseful measured pacing, his accomplished prose and his carefully crafted plot.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune “Krueger winds back time, literally and symbolically. In this masterful story of a young man and a town on the cusp of change, beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. In the shadow of his father’s official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself.Ĭork’s father, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff and it is his job to confirm that the man’s death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O’Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. The author of the instant New York Times bestseller This Tender Land returns with a powerful prequel to his acclaimed Cork O’Connor series-a book about fathers and sons, long-simmering conflicts in a small Minnesota town, and the events that echo through youth and shape our lives forever.Īurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake.
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