Frank Kelso’s coming-of-age novel, The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn, has 117 reviews on Amazon with an average star rating of 4.7 stars.
The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn by Frank Kelso
His family slaughtered by Comanche, a teen boy is left to die on the prairie. Will he find the grit to survive?
Texas, 1853. Thirteen-year-old Nigel Blackthorn is the spoiled son of a Protestant preacher. When his missionary family falls victim to a brutal Comanche attack, his easy childhood crumbles in an instant. While he narrowly escapes the death that claimed his loved ones, the preacher’s son finds himself alone and struggling to survive on the wild frontier.
When Pascal stumbles upon Nigel, the mule-train driver offers the boy a ride in exchange for hard labor in an apprenticeship. Nigel accepts years of labor to gain food and shelter. Spurred by his desire to avenge his murdered family, he endures grueling days and countless painful lessons. With the vision of his dead parents in mind, can he survive long enough to find justice or will the Wild West claim yet another victim?
The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn is the first dramatic story in the Nigel Blackthorn series of gritty westerns. If you like rich descriptions, multidimensional characters, and tales bringing history to life, then you’ll love Frank Kelso’s coming-of-age novel!
Buy The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn to ride a mule-train across the real Wild West today!
Review for The Apprenticeship of Nigel Blackthorn
Existence in the pioneering west, beautifully and realistically rendered