The Wounds Of My Father

<p><strong>1883 San Antonio-where the dying frontier collides with industrial ambition...</strong></p><p></p><p>John Ives the privileged son of a powerful tycoon is sent to oversee his family's ventures in the brutal swamps of Tampico Mexico. But a fateful return to Texas sets him on a collision course with Stella Moore a fiercely independent schoolteacher searching for her missing sister and Peter Olenbush a reckless ally with his own secrets.</p><p></p><p>As corruption festers in the shadows of progress John's quest for redemption is haunted by his family's dark legacy and a murder that refuses to stay buried. In a city simmering with violence greed and betrayal John must navigate the dangerous intersections of love guilt and survival.</p><p></p><p><strong>For fans of sweeping historical dramas and morally complex characters <em>The Wounds of My Father</em> is a masterful tale of ambition redemption and the devastating cost of secrets.</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Roccie Hill is an exceptional writer with an unerring sense of time and place. You mustn't miss her latest The Wounds of My Father which will transport you to turn of the century San Antonio where American industrialists clash with frontier settlers. Highly recommended!</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Eric Maisel <em>Choose Your Life Purposes</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'It is Hill's skill as a wordsmith together with her knowledge as historian and genealogist that creates a gripping story conveyed in evocative prose. This is a page turner that is at once a crime novel a vividly poetic chronicle of life in a rapidly changing America and a comment on where and how our lives and those of our ancestors take us. </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- Mary </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ann De Vlieg Secretary General Emeritus of International European Theater Meeting/</strong><strong>Move-on.org</strong><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>; Co-Founde</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>r</span><span style=color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> </span></p>