He has cast me into the mire, and I
have become like dust and ashes.
— Job 30:19 (NKJV)
Jim Robbins is a dead man, and he knows
it. He’s fought Yankee and Pawnee,
fought for the love of two very different
women, fought for his very survival.
Now, as the scenes of his life flash before
him, his greatest struggle is about to
begin. Wounded in a railroad explosion,
Jim reviews those moments that
shaped him. From the inequities of the
Antebellum South, to the horrors of the
American Civil War, to the juggernaut of
westward expansion, he played his part
in the events that forged a nation.
In his debut novel, Marc Graham
explores what it is that defines a life. Is
there meaning and purpose, or is it all just
a series of accidents? Is a man simply the
victim of circumstance, or maker of his
own destiny? Perhaps most important,
do his choices and actions survive him, or
is his life but a stirring of ashes and dust?
have become like dust and ashes.
— Job 30:19 (NKJV)
Jim Robbins is a dead man, and he knows
it. He’s fought Yankee and Pawnee,
fought for the love of two very different
women, fought for his very survival.
Now, as the scenes of his life flash before
him, his greatest struggle is about to
begin. Wounded in a railroad explosion,
Jim reviews those moments that
shaped him. From the inequities of the
Antebellum South, to the horrors of the
American Civil War, to the juggernaut of
westward expansion, he played his part
in the events that forged a nation.
In his debut novel, Marc Graham
explores what it is that defines a life. Is
there meaning and purpose, or is it all just
a series of accidents? Is a man simply the
victim of circumstance, or maker of his
own destiny? Perhaps most important,
do his choices and actions survive him, or
is his life but a stirring of ashes and dust?
