Texas in 1849. A group of Comanches raiding the house of thirteen-year-old Eli McCullough, killing his family, burning his property, and taking him prisoner. In three years of living among the Indians, the boy falls in love with them and almost forgets about his origin. But when his tribe is wiped out by an epidemic, Eli returns to the whites ... Eli's cruelty and pragmatism are reflected in the destinies of future generations of McCullough. Love, honor, children - everything is given over to ambition, when this family becomes one of the most influential in Texas. But like all powerful dynasties, this family must face the consequences of its choice. A perfect work... excites the soul... Only in the most significant historical novels do we feel both the breath of the past and our own involvement in the sins of our ancestors. Now Mayer's Son has been added to these books.