Risen

<p><strong><em>The Risen</em> is an important novel -- and an intriguing one -- from one of our master storytellers. In its pages the past rises up haunting and chiding demanding answers of us all. --</strong><em><strong>The News & Observer</strong> </em></p><p><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one long-ago summer one bewitching young woman--and the secrets that could destroy their lives.</p><p>While swimming in a secluded creek on a hot Sunday in 1969 sixteen-year-old Eugene and his older brother Bill meet the entrancing Ligeia. A sexy free-spirited redhead from Daytona Beach banished to their small North Carolina town Ligeia entrances the brothers especially Eugene who is drawn to her raw sensuality and rebellious attitude. Eugene begins to move farther and farther away from his brother the cautious and dutiful Bill and when Ligeia vanishes as suddenly as she appeared the growing rift between the two brothers becomes immutable.</p><p>Decades later the once close brothers now lead completely different lives. Bill is a gifted and successful surgeon and a paragon of the community while Eugene the town reprobate is a failed writer and determined alcoholic. When a shocking reminder of the past unexpectedly surfaces Eugene is plunged back into that fateful summer and the girl he cannot forget.</p><p>The deeper Eugene delves into his memories the closer he comes to finding the truth. But can Eugene's recollections be trusted? And will the truth set him free and offer salvation . . . or destroy his damaged life and everyone he loves?</p>