The award-winning epic of historical western fiction that’s an adventure, a mystery, a thriller, and a love story.
"Presented with artful plausibility.... A thrilling historical drama, as engrossing as it is edifying." —Kirkus Reviews
1838. Silas Grant prepares for life with the girl of his dreams. The resourceful sixteen-year-old is learning the blacksmith trade from his father and frontier skills from Texas Revolution veterans. But when a portrait of David Crockett raises the possibility that the beloved folk hero didn’t die two years earlier, Silas joins a quest for the truth.
Exploring a world healing from the war, Silas and his fellow Texians investigate the accounts of Alamo survivors and pursue a witness to the battle's final moments. Their odyssey turns lethal as layers of the last stand’s mystery peel away to expose a shocking secret.
Will the revelation stun a nation or ignite a fatal showdown?
Rescuing Crockett is the gripping debut of the Silas Grant series set in the turbulent years of the Republic of Texas. If you like historical fiction in the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Steven Pressfield, high concept mystery thrillers in the tradition of Dan Brown, westerns in the tradition of Larry McMurtry and Paulette Jiles, and Texas fiction in the tradition of Stephen Harrigan, you’ll love David Z. Pyke’s tale of redemption.
"A remarkable historical novel.... All your senses are involved in the battles, the landscape, the emotions, and the intrigue.... The characters are well-fleshed out, as real as a Texas storm, and the propulsion of the storyline keeps one glued to the narrative until the very end." —The Historical Fiction Company
"The story moves fast, despite Pyke’s feel for immersive scenic detail and welcome commitment to historical plausibility." —BookLife by Publishers Weekly
"The historical details are rich and textured.... These felt so real, and the written visuals are almost cinematic in scope. There is a continued thread of tension and uncertainty throughout the novel." —Readers' Favorite
Winner of the 2023 gold medal in the American category from The Historical Fiction Company
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-959440-01-7
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-959440-02-4
ePub ISBN: 978-1-959440-03-1
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-959440-04-8
Imprint: Leonard Street Publishing
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For more information on Pyke, Rescuing Crockett, and the history behind the novel, visit davidzpyke.com.