ANAHUAC A Texas Story (Volume 2) by WILLIAM D. DARLING
ANAHUAC
A Texas Story
(Volume 2)
(Volume 2)
by
WILLIAM D. DARLING
Genre: Historical Fiction / Thriller
Publisher: Canned Peas Productions
Date of Publication: October 3, 2017
Number of Pages: 244
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The Anahuac of 1972 is more than just an isolated outpost on Texas’s Trinity Bay –
it’s a place where greed and justice uncomfortably intermingle, where the evangelical
fervor of charismatic preachers resonate, where blacks and whites navigate a fragile
co-existence, and where a murder leads to even darker mysteries than murder.
it’s a place where greed and justice uncomfortably intermingle, where the evangelical
fervor of charismatic preachers resonate, where blacks and whites navigate a fragile
co-existence, and where a murder leads to even darker mysteries than murder.
Jim Ward, introduced in Morgan’s Point as a young, idealistic Houston prosecutor,
returns in Anahuac as an older, more conflicted, more complicated man, coming to
Anahuac to defend a man who appears guilty of a horrible crime. His discoveries lead to
entanglements in the very nature of good and evil, in a town that is at once of its time and
timeless, steeped in a history that is unexpectedly but definitively drawing Ward in its
narrative web.
returns in Anahuac as an older, more conflicted, more complicated man, coming to
Anahuac to defend a man who appears guilty of a horrible crime. His discoveries lead to
entanglements in the very nature of good and evil, in a town that is at once of its time and
timeless, steeped in a history that is unexpectedly but definitively drawing Ward in its
narrative web.
PRAISE FOR ANAHUAC:
"Austin writer William D. Darling’s second novel, Anahuac, is an
entertaining, engrossing legal thriller that offers both darkly
humorous and good-natured thrusts at life, love, and law . . .
first-rate reading, especially for readers who enjoy legal thrillers,
lawyer procedurals, suspense, Texas settings, and characters who live
large." - Lone Star Literary Life
entertaining, engrossing legal thriller that offers both darkly
humorous and good-natured thrusts at life, love, and law . . .
first-rate reading, especially for readers who enjoy legal thrillers,
lawyer procedurals, suspense, Texas settings, and characters who live
large." - Lone Star Literary Life
"Darling draws vivid portraits of his setting while also bringing in
historical currents like women’s liberation, the growth of container
shipping, and the rise of the prosperity gospel, adding interest to
what’s otherwise a fairly simple courtroom drama." - Kirkus Reviews
historical currents like women’s liberation, the growth of container
shipping, and the rise of the prosperity gospel, adding interest to
what’s otherwise a fairly simple courtroom drama." - Kirkus Reviews
I'm a Texan originally from the east coast who's had occasion to meet
some of these characters from another planet. Darling weaves us
through the minds of lawyers with jealousies, insecurities, questions
of faith, honor, and guilt as they tackle the case of a horrible
crime that has the potential to put a man of God away forever.
I held on tight as we went through the engrossing trial, which did
not disappoint!
If you love history, crime, passion, religion, and suspense, this is
a must read! - Kristy Recker (an Amazon reviewer)
some of these characters from another planet. Darling weaves us
through the minds of lawyers with jealousies, insecurities, questions
of faith, honor, and guilt as they tackle the case of a horrible
crime that has the potential to put a man of God away forever.
I held on tight as we went through the engrossing trial, which did
not disappoint!
If you love history, crime, passion, religion, and suspense, this is
a must read! - Kristy Recker (an Amazon reviewer)
William D. Darling is a lifelong storyteller and very nearly a native Texan, arriving in his beloved
\state as an infant in 1942. His first novel, Morgan’s Point, introduced readers to both the mid-‘60s
rough-and-tumble world of the Houston courts where Darling came of age, and the Galveston Bay
region that has long fascinated him. His latest novel Anahuac, serves as a sequel to Morgan’s Point as
well as its own fascinating tale.
rough-and-tumble world of the Houston courts where Darling came of age, and the Galveston Bay
region that has long fascinated him. His latest novel Anahuac, serves as a sequel to Morgan’s Point as
well as its own fascinating tale.
Darling, who has lived within the legislative bustle of Washington, D.C. and in the beauty of a Central
Texas ranch, currently resides in Austin, where he and his wife have built a longstanding law practice.
Texas ranch, currently resides in Austin, where he and his wife have built a longstanding law practice.
UPCOMING AUTHOR APPEARANCES:
January 12, 2018, 7:00PM
Anahuac Reading & Signing
Deep Vellum Books, 3000 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX, US
January 20, 2018, 10:00AM
Anahuac Reading in Anahuac
William D. Darling brings it on home! He'll read from Anahuac in the city where the new novel is set for the first time ever.
Chambers County Library, 202 Cummings Street, Anahuac, TX, US
February 17, 2018, 4:30PM
Anahuac Houston Release Event
William D. Darling will sign and read from Anahuac, celebrating the release of the book with friends and well-wishers in the city he once called home, as part of a multi-author event.
Murder by the Books, 2342 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, US
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