Traces of Mercy by Michael Landon Jr.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is Michael Landon Jr.’s third Christian fiction novel. I enjoy reading books in the Christian fiction genre, and love what Michael Landon Jr. has brought to it. His books are original, unpredictable and full of great characters. At the beginning of “Traces of Mercy” a young sniper for the Confederate Army has just killed his one hundred and fourteenth Union soldier and missed his one hundred and fifteenth. When he tracks down the missed soldier he tracks him down to find him comforting his dying younger brother. The sniper backs down, not killing the man and in return the man gives the sniper a mercy medallion (that was given to him for protection). The sniper is then captured, released, wounded, shot, and dragged off by stampeding horses. When the sniper awakes in the care of a physician the reader discovers that the sniper is a woman. As a result of her injuries she is suffering from amnesia. Given the name Mercy (based on the medallion) she is trying to form a life, not knowing who or what she was before waking in the hospital.
This story if full of great characters and plot twists that kept me guessing and reading. I am glad that this is part of a trilogy, giving me another book to look forward to reading. I think Landon is a refreshing author for the genre and look forward to the journey I know his next book will take me on.
Book Appeals
Location: Missouri
Pace: Leisurely
Storyline: Plot-driven
Time: 19th century, right after the Civil War
Tone: Heartwarming, suspenseful, funny
Writing style: Engaging
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