The Snow Falcon (Electronic book text)

A magnificent gyrfalcon, soaring in the air over rocky cliffs, is winged by a hunter and falls to earth wounded. Rescued and taken to a nearby farmhouse, the bird will irrevocably change the lives of her savior, Michael Somers, and the woman and child Somers comes to love.

Somers has returned after many years to his hometown of Little River Bend to unlock the secrets from his own past that almost drove him to destroy his family in one night of irrational violence. Released from treatment but shunned by his neighbors, Somers is determined to heal the bird, whom he has named Cully, and release her to freedom. Watching from afar as Somers coaxes the bird to fly is a deeply troubled little boy, Jamie Baker. Jamie has lost the power of speech after witnessing his father's death in a hunting accident, and his mother, Susan, yearns to free her child from his self-made prison. Slowly, a tender emotional bond forms between the desperately lonely child, his mother, and the strange man who seems able to heal. But soon they find themselves in terrible danger as the hunter who tried to kill Cully stalks her again -- and plans to wreak vengeance on Somers.

This is an extraordinarily moving novel about passion, heartbreak, and the possibility of redemption.

""The Snow Falcon" is not an easy novel to classify except to say that it's very, very good. The story is as tough as it is tender, an exceptionally well-woven tapestry of romance and danger. Stuart Harrison is a gifted new writer with a fresh and easy style and the assurance of a seasoned author."
� � � NELSON DEMILLE

""The Snow Falcon" is a grand debut for Stuart Harrison, mixing a sensitive and poignant style withstrong elements of suspense. This bird is memorable."
� � � STUART WOODS

Jacket design by Steve Snider
Hand lettering by David Gatti
Jacket photograph by � Shogoro / Photonica