Brandon Thomason

In the West Texas oilfields, accidents happen. Men die. The ground swallows the truth. Caleb Henson has already survived one fire. Years after a rig explosion left men dead and questions unanswered, he lives quietly on the edge of the field, trying to keep his memories buried.

Two girls loved him. Two girls lost him. Two girls carried the pieces he could not hold. Before the world saw the broken version of Gabriel, Marilyn knew him as the good boy everyone praised. She grew up beside him at the blue kindergarten table, through awkward crushes, first heartbreaks, and...

Two wolves live inside every man. One whispers of hunger, shame, and ruin. The other speaks in quiet persistence of hope, mercy, and love. Which wolf wins depends on which is fed. Gabriel’s story is one of silence and secrets, of the long shadow of memory, and of the struggle to believe he is...