The Son

An epic journey spanning a century and a half in Texas, America. Eli McCullough was born in 1836, the year that the Republic of Texas was declared an independent state. He was the first child of this new republic. Eight years later, he and his brother are kidnapped. They are left with nothing, barely their lives, whilst Eli watches his sister being raped and killed.

Slowly, he learns the ways and life of the Comanches as they battle to survive themselves against the incursions of the white settlers. But his progress within the tribe is matched by the tribe's own perilous journey, as an epidemic endangers their future. Eli is forced to leave the tribe and pursue his life elsewhere. He falls in love, has children, and becomes a Ranger working for the Government, but finds it hard to break his Comanche memories and ways. He lives to be 100 and tells his remarkable story.

Eli's son, Peter McCullough, endures the First World War and several Mexican attacks. His diaries tell of momentous and dangerous times as he tries to maintain the dynasty begun by his father, now named the Colonel.

At the age of eighty-six, Jeanne Anne McCullough is the fifth richest woman in Texas. She has…

The Son by Philipp Meyer is a captivating tale of ambition, survival, and the struggle to define one's place in a tumultuous landscape.