Echoes of Kings Mountain

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fifteen-year-old Elias McCrae knows the sound of a blacksmith's hammer better than a musket's shot-but when the war spills into the Appalachian frontier everything changes. It's 1780 and the Revolutionary War feels far away from the hills of Virginia-until the British and their Loyalist allies begin torching farms and threatening families. When Elias's older brother joins the Overmountain Men to stand against the British at Kings Mountain Elias defies his father's wishes and secretly follows.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What begins as an impulsive decision becomes a test of grit courage and conviction. Elias joins a ragtag force of frontiersmen farmers and teenagers like himself as they march across rivers ridgelines and enemy-held territory. Along the way Elias grapples with the cost of war the legacy of his brother's death and what it means to fight for something bigger than himself.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rooted in historical fact and filled with richly imagined characters </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Echoes of Kings Mountain</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> brings to life one of the most decisive but overlooked battles of the American Revolution. Told through the eyes of a teen who witnesses history being forged in fire and fear this coming-of-age story explores loyalty loss and the quiet strength that can grow in even the darkest moments.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Aimed at teen readers but accessible to all lovers of historical fiction </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Echoes of Kings Mountain</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a moving and meticulously researched novel that echoes long after the final musket is fired.</span></p><p></p>