The Brothers: Facing challenges in life and death together - Softcover

Susan La Riviere

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979355923 ISBN 13: 9780979355929

Publisher: La Riviere Productions, 2009

Synopsis

After the tragic death of their mother, Jake, 14, became the protector and avenger of his brother, Levi, 12. The boys lived on a fruit orchard in Naches, WA with their father, Eli, and grandfather, John, and their second dad, Ron Porter, a cowboy and hunter s guide. Their grandmother was the only female figure in the male dominated Gunderson family as the boys housekeeper and caregiver.

As a youngster, Jake won state trap and skeet competitions against men old enough to be his father. His quiet, intense manner turned into deadly rage when bullies at school harassed his brother and when a male hippie made a pass at Levi in Van s Bar and Grill. Levi was not a hunter like the other men in his family. Rather he was a scientist, an environmentalist and a medical student.

Jake s job as a Marine sniper on Hill 55 in South Vietnam was to eliminate Viet Cong troop leaders. Sgt. Champagne, a Cajun sniper from South Louisiana, assigned Jake to assassinate a VC terrorist, called Drazion Rouge, the Red Dragon, so named because of his blazing red hair, a legacy from his red headed American father and prostitute Vietnamese mother. After four years of being a killing machine in Vietnam, Jake tried to heal when he returned to the family farm.

Following their father s dramatic death, the brothers decided to go on a memorial hike in the South Cascade Mountains. As a hunter s guide, Jake looked forward to having his survival skills tested. He didn t count on his brother s injury and a blood thirsty cougar who stalked the men, their two dogs and their mule.

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Marionneaux La Riviere graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communications from Arizona State University, majoring in journalism. She earned her M.Ed. and taught speech and writing at Heritage College and speech at Yakima Valley Community College. She worked as a writer and photographer for the Yakima Herald-Republic and as an investigative reporter for a local personal injury law firm. Following Susan and Larry La Riviere's marriage in 2002, she became a lyrics writer for songs that were recorded for each of the CDs, included in the books. Her website is: susanlariviere.com and her e-mail is: SMareaux@aol.com

About this edition

• Publisher: La Riviere Productions
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0979355923
• ISBN 13: 9780979355929
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250
• Editor: Rob Phillips
• Illustrator: Kathy Campbell