A Globe & Mail 100 Selection
Spring, 1849. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a band
of Comanche storms his Texas homestead and murders his mother and
sister, taking him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to
Comanche life, carving out a place as the chief's adopted son and
waging war against their enemies, including white men--which
complicates his sense of loyalty and understanding of who he is.
But when disease, starvation, and overwhelming numbers of armed
Americans decimate the tribe, Eli finds himself alone. Neither
white nor Indian, civilized nor fully wild, he must fashion a place
for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong--a journey
of adventure, tragedy, and grit that reverberates in the lives of
his progeny.
Intertwined with Eli's story are those of his son, Peter, a man
who bears the emotional cost of his father's drive for power, and
Eli's great-granddaughter, Jeannie, a woman who must fight hardened
rivals to succeed in a man's world. Philipp Meyer deftly explores
how Eli's ruthlessness and steely pragmatism transform subsequent
generations of McCulloughs. Love, honor, and even children are
sacrificed in the name of ambition, as the family becomes one of
the richest powers in Texas, a ranching-and-oil dynasty of
unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires, the
McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their
choices.
Harrowing, panoramic, and vividly drawn, The Son is a masterful
achievement from a sublime young talent.
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