Son

Spring of 1849. Eli McCallough was only thirteen when the Comanche Indians attacked his home in Texas, killed his mother and sister, and took him with them. Clever and desperately brave, Eli quickly adapted to life among the Indians and soon became one of them. Not white and not Indian, the boy hangs between two civilizations, the fading and the emerging. He must find his place in a world where adventures and tragedies follow each other with kaleidoscopic speed. 1915. Peter McCallough is burdened with guilt over what is happening around him, over the rage with which people carve out their place in the sun. He is the complete opposite of his father – he does not act, but contemplates and reflects. Peter came into this world too early, where only strength and aggression are valued. The mid-twentieth century. Ginny McCallough - an unyielding lady, managing the richest company in Texas, if not the whole country, the head of a powerful oil empire with an iron hand. Her world is one of cold calculation and rapid reactions to political news. But she does not feel at home in it.