The Carey Blood Author:Irving A. Greenfield With his past soaked in blood and guilt, can Thomas conquer the demons that battle within him? — Texas, the 1860s — William Carey has carved out a cattle empire with a Bowie knife and a fast gun … and he’ll go to any lengths to defend it. — He fears only one thing in life: the reckless violence that rages in his blood. A violence that ... more »his youngest son – the hard-drinking, womanising Thomas Carey — has inherited...
A love-hate relationship simmers between the two men, and when William orders his son to marry Helen Wicker, a woman he doesn’t love, Thomas’s hatred begins to take over.
Forced to choose between his heritage and his obsessive love for Lisa Mendoza, a local saloon girl, Thomas is trapped. In his fury and frustration, he sets in motion a terrible chain of events that will cast a shadow over his life – and Helen’s – for ever.
Unable to face the consequences of his actions, Thomas throws himself into the coming civil war as a lieutenant in the newly formed Confederate Army.« less