Pale Horse Coming
Earl Swagger, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Eric G. Dove
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By:
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Stephen Hunter
About this listen
It’s 1951. The Thebes State Penal Farm in Mississippi is up a dark river, surrounded by swamps and impenetrable piney woods. It’s the Old South at its most brutal - a place of violence, racial terror, and even more horrific rumors. Of the few who make the journey, black or white, even fewer return.
But in that year, two men will come to Thebes. The first is Sam Vincent, the former prosecuting attorney of Polk County, Arkansas who, with great misgivings, accepts a job to investigate a disappearance. Before he leaves on this dangerous trip, he confesses his fears to his former investigator Earl Swagger, now a sergeant of the Arkansas State Police. Earl pledges that if Sam is not back by a certain time, he will come looking for him.What they encounter there is something beyond their wildest imagining of evil. The dying black town is ruled by white deputies on horseback who are more like an occupying army and the only escape is over the wild currents of the dark river that drowns as many people as it liberates. But nothing in town compares to the prison. Run by an aging madman with insane theories of racial purity, it is administered by a brutal sergeant known as Bigboy. The convicts call him The Whip Man - he can take a man’s soul with his nine feet of braided catgut.
Both Sam and Earl will be challenged to the limits of their strength by this place and will struggle not only for their own survival, but with the question: What does a man do when confronted with evil?
©2008 Stephen Hunter (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.What listeners say about Pale Horse Coming
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- Wayne Edwards
- 17-06-2020
Thoroughly enjoyable scarcely story.
This story is not for the faint hearted and is pretty confronting, but as usual is masterfully told. Eric G Dove performs another masterful narration which adds realism to the tale that makes you almost feel like you are there. Another great read and highly enjoyable in the Swagger storyline.
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- DougalB
- 11-02-2021
Classic story of the Swagger family!
I enjoyed this story. it developed Earls character through hardship endured, and shows the early stages of his relationship with Bob Lee. Well performed, adds character and flavour!
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