Hope Burned
You sit down at the weathered harvest table to write a letter to your son. You need to explain the horrific events of the night, the circumstances that stained your hands with so much blood — the horrors that led you to take the lives of your own father and grandfather.
You journey back through darkness, deliberately, tentatively, to recover your own childhood. You compose your captivity, your torture, and the brutality of the men youve just killed. This was life on the farm: the strange and unspeakable things that went on.
And still, hope burned.
By the very same light you also write about escape, about security, compassion, and even love. The simple kindnesses that made you the man you are today, shielding you from danger, teaching you to live.
Until everything changed — everything but the farm.
At once as bleak and moving, tense and beautiful as Cormac McCarthys The Road, Brent LaPortes Hope Burned emerges from the ashes of the simplest, nearest apocalypse, from the innocence of childhood utterly betrayed, to ask which is the more difficult: to choose to live, or to die?
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Loved the book, could not put it down. Looking forward to hear more from Brent LaPorte.
A great read! Looking forward to the next book by Brent Laporte.
I found this book to a very good read, I couldn't put it down. This book had me wondering what was going to happen and I never saw what happened at all. This book was extremely interesting and I enjoyed it 100% and I have even lent out my copy to friends so they could share the experience and we could have some interesting discussions. Thanks Brent
Great book, Best I have ever read. I lent it out to many friends and they too enjoyed it.
Did not put the book down until I was finished! Great Book! I look forward to the next one!
Loved the book, could not put it down! I carried it with me everywhere until I finished it. Anxiously awaiting the next book by Brent!
Excellent book! It rips your attention from you and keeps you guessing.
Excellent read. I was shocked at the ending.....wasn't expecting it at all! Can't wait to read the next book!
A great book. It catches your attention and keeps you hooked till the end. You can't wait to see what happens next. Love the book.
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An excellent read!