Their lives will intertwine in odd ways, beginning with the first chapter. The main story is split into two, and tells the stories of two very different historical figures: Malinda Blalock and Zebulon Baird Vance. But as I said, this is merely a framing story, one that we revisit, from time to time, a tale that creeps in along the edges and gives us a bit of a tense ghost story that builds as the narrative continues. Rattler can feel the unrest under the very ground as the innocent weekend warriors awaken ghosts and passions that should have been long buried.and that’s where we get the title. The framing story runs like this: Civil War reinactors have come to the Appalacian Mountain home of Nora Bonesteel and Rattler, well-beloved McCrumb characters from previous novels. She rides on by, looking straight ahead, as if I was the ghost instead of her.” I want to say, You lived through the war, hon. I’d ask her where it is they’re riding to, or maybe I’d just wish her well or ask if she’s content with this endless ride or if she wants me to try to help her. To see her draw rein and turn around so I could look into those eyes.
“I don’t hold with talking to dead people, but still and all I would give anything to exchange words with her. (reviewed by Cindy Lynn Speer MAY 15, 2004)
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