Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award, Fiction
In S. M. Hulse's Eden Mine, the award-winning author of Black River examines
the aftershocks of an act of domestic terrorism rooted in a small
Montana town on the brink of abandonment, as it tears apart a family,
tests the faith of a pastor and the loyalty of a sister, and mines the
deep rifts that come when the reach of the government clashes with
individual freedom.
If I stay here, Jo, I know you could find me. If you wanted to, you could find me.
For
generations, the Fabers have lived near Eden Mine, scraping by to keep
ahold of their family's piece of Montana. Jo and her brother, Samuel,
will be the last. Despite a long battle, their property has been seized
by the state through eminent domain―something Samuel deems a government
theft.
As Jo packs, she hears news of a bombing. Samuel went off
to find work in Wyoming that morning, but soon enough, it's clear that
he's not gone but missing, last seen by a security camera near the
district courthouse―now a crime scene―in Elk Fork. And the nine-year-old
daughter of a pastor at a nearby church lies in critical condition.
Can
the person Jo loves and trusts most have done this terrible thing? Can
she have missed the signs? The last time their family met violence, Jo
lost her ability to walk. Samuel took care of her, outfitted their barn
with special rigging so she could still ride their mule. What secrets
has he been keeping? As Jo watches the pastor fight for his daughter,
watches the authorities hunt down a criminal, she wrestles with an
impossible choice: Must she tell them where Samuel might be? Must she
choose between loyalty and justice? Between the brother she knows and
the man he has become?
A timely story of the tensions splintering families and communities all over this country, S.M. Hulse's Eden Mine
is also a steady-eyed gaze into the ideals of the West and the legacies
of violence, a moving account of faith in the face of evil, and a
heartrending reckoning of the terrible choices we make for the ones we
love.
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