TKE presents ONLINE | Michael Punke | Ridgeline

Join New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant, Michael Punke, for a discussion of his new novel, Ridgeline

This free, virtual event will take place on Crowdcast and you must register here to participate. Order your copy of Ridgeline from The King's English Bookshop and receive an autographed bookplate, while supplies last.

In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier—a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota. Red Cloud, one of the Lakota’s most respected chiefs, and Crazy Horse, a young but visionary warrior, understand full well the implications of this invasion. For the Lakota, the stakes are their home, their culture, their lives.

As fall bleeds into winter, Crazy Horse leads a small war party that confronts Colonel Carrington’s soldiers with near constant attacks. Red Cloud, meanwhile, seeks to build the tribal alliances that he knows will be necessary to defeat the soldiers. Colonel Carrington seeks to hold together a US Army beset with internal discord. Carrington’s officers are skeptical of their commander’s strategy, none more so than Lieutenant George Washington Grummond, who longs to fight a foe he dismisses as inferior in all ways. The rank-and-file soldiers, meanwhile, are still divided by the residue of civil war, and tempted to desertion by the nearby goldfields.

Event date: 
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Event address: 
Crowdcast
Ridgeline: A Novel By Michael Punke Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250310460
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 1st, 2021

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge By Michael Punke Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250101198
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Published: Picador - October 6th, 2015