Horse Ranger (The Horse Ranger series, #1)
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- Motto: The war may be over, but the real battle for USA's soul is just beginning.
- Horse Ranger is quite rare for a novel originally written in Finnish first to appear in a foreign language. The reason is artificial intelligence. AI and the abundant digital archives enabled me to write authentic historical fiction like a local.
- The translation from Finnish to English was created "on the fly" with reliable results. However, the final check should be done by a native English-speaking author, my credit to the author Mitch White.
- Don't read further if you want to avoid spoilers. Here they come.
- When the guns fell silent and the Civil War ended at the battlefield of Palmito Ranch in May 1865, three human destinies collided in the dust of the dying war. In the tradition of classic Western storytelling, a bold new voice emerges?one that dares to turn the telescope around. Horse Ranger weaves together three unforgettable journeys across the harsh landscape of Reconstruction-era America. Love defies hatred, vengeance stalks honor, and a voiceless narrator holds up a cracked mirror to reveal the very heart of humanity.
- Equine commentator ? Light, Lance's exceptional warhorse, a kind of protagonist you never met in a Western novel before, is a remarkable narrator and perhaps the wisest fool in all of Texas. You've likely never encountered anyone quite like him before.Set adrift after the battle, Light embarks on adventures both thrilling and absurd, recounting his equine experiences with the wit of a frontier philosopher and the heart of a true companion. Like a satyr from ancient times, Light clings to that broken mirror and asks the most dangerous question: is it really you who's looking back through the polished glass?
- Romantic figure ? Lance Jacobs, a Confederate cavalry lieutenant, awakens from the war's final battle with a shattered leg and a soul in desperate need of healing. In the premises of the provisional hospital of Brownsville a spark ignites?an impossible love with Emma Watson, his Black nurse. Their uncontrollable passion blazes against the looming threat of racial hatred in the South.
- The fastest gun ? Matt Hudson, seventeen, bursting with dreams of gunslinger heroism, rides a thousand miles from Summerville South Carolina to the Brownsville, Texas borderlands. He is driven by a thirst for revenge that tests every part of his manhood. Deceived into believing Lance murdered his brother, Matt's journey becomes one of inevitable confrontation.
- Combining classic romance, a coming-of-age tale, and a jubilant animal adventure in the spirit of Lassie Come Home, Horse Ranger proves that the themes of Western literature are far from exhausted. This is a new comet streaking across the Wild West sky, illuminating both the untamed frontier and the wild country of the human mind.
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Content
Horse Ranger I - Threatened Love
Act 1Chapter 1: Preface
Chapter 2: Brownsville, Texas, May 11, 1865
Chapter 3: Matt Practices Shooting
Chapter 4: Lance Prepares for a Confrontation
Chapter 5: Light Gets in the Mood.
Chapter 6: Matt Gets a Steed
Chapter 7: Lance as a Hero
Chapter 8: Light in the Final Battle
Chapter 9: Matt Begins His Journey
Chapter 10: Lance's Moment of Fate
Chapter 11: Light Takes a Hit
Chapter 12: Matt Rides to Savannah
Act 2Chapter 13: Lance in Surgery
Chapter 14: Light Escapes to Freedom
Chapter 15: Matt Gains Travel Companions
Chapter 16: Lance Is Depressed
Chapter 17: Light Joins the Wild Horses
Chapter 18: Matt Falls into a Gang's Trap
Chapter 19: Lance Makes the Wrong Choice.
Chapter 20: Comanches Capture Light.
Chapter 21: Matt Crosses the Mississippi
Chapter 22: Emma Heals Lance
Chapter 23: A Trader Snatches Light
Chapter 24: Matt and Ted Meet Travellers
Chapter 25: Lance Falls in Love with Emma
Chapter 26: Light on the Run with a Mule
Chapter 27: Matt Becomes a Ranch Hand
Chapter 28: Lance Learns to Walk
Chapter 29: Light Enjoys Vegetables
Chapter 30: Matt and the Peddler
Chapter 31: A Letter from Home Surprises Lance
Chapter 32: Light in the Hands of Enemies
Chapter 33: Matt Challenges Lance
Chapter 34: Duel Between Lance and Matt
Chapter 35: Light as a Witness
Chapter 36: Matt Returns from Texas
Act 3Chapter 37: Lance Hears Strange News.
Chapter 38: Light Rejoices in Returning Home
Chapter 39: Matt Witnesses Injustice
Chapter 40: Lance Learns His Father's Secret
Chapter 41: Light Remembers the Past
Chapter 42: Matt Puts Himself in Danger
Chapter 43: Hubert's Funeral
Chapter 44: Dispute about Lance's Inheritance
Chapter 45: Matt's Fate Raises Concern
Chapter 46: The Jacobs Descendants Meet
Chapter 47: Light Has the Final Word
Chapter 48: Epilogue: The One-legged Sheriff
