Angel Fire: A Novel

ANGEL FIRE is a haunting tale of two brothers; separate odysseys of self discovery. Twenty-four years after war correspondent Daniel McLeod is killed in a Viet Cong ambush, his only brother Cassidy is mysteriously drawn to their Wyoming hometown, where he must confront a lifetime of his own ghosts. Their story is about how we seek equilibrium, a delicate balance between memory and the unknown, dislocation and homecoming, loss and restoration. Set against the deceptive simplicity of a small town on the high plains, Angel Fire is a story of mythic proportions. It resonates with the rhythms of tales told for millennia, but they are written anew here, fresh as a Wyoming summer breeze. Listed by ther San Francisco Chronicle among the best novels of the 20th Century west, ANGEL FIRE was the first novel written by Ron Franscell, who would later become a best-selling author of narrative nonfiction.