Lay Down My Sword and Shield - James Lee Burke torrent

Category: Thriller
Language: EnglishKeywords: Hack Holland

Written by James Lee Burke
Format: MP3

‘As I stood there on my front porch that hot, breathless July day, leaning against the column with the six bullet holes, now worn and smooth, I could see Hack’s whitewashed marker under the pin oaks in the Holland family cemetery … Four generations of my family were buried there.’

Hack Holland is a product of the South, both old and new. Hard-drinking ex-POW and wealthy, progressive Democrat, he stands in the long shadow cast by his ancestors. When Holland’s candidacy for a congressional seat brings him increasingly into conflict with those around him, his almost unwitting involvement with a violent civil rights conflict forces him to reassess his future - and his past…