Dead Man Falling

by Randall Silvis

False identities, the persistence of memory, and the refusal to admit that love can not save you, combine in a razor-edged crime novel that establishes Randall Silvis as one of the preeminent practitioners of the literary art. The hero of this novel, Mac Parris, isn't who he appears to be. A wildlife photographer living under an assumed name, he knows firsthand that the most dangerous animal of all is the one behind the camera. He has spent his adult life hiding from the FBI and his own past, while locked in a feverish pursuit of revenge. Although a master of self-denial, Parris has not learned to subdue the one quality that might prove his undoing: his compassion for the other wounded creatures with whom he shares this planet. So when a young woman with secrets of her own asks for help in finding her brother's killer, Parris puts his own safety at stake.along with his freedom, and maybe even his soul.

Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Randall Silvis is the internationally acclaimed author of over a dozen novels, one story
collection, and one book of narrative nonfiction. Also a prize-winning playwright, a
produced screenwriter, and a prolific essayist, he has been published and produced in
virtually every field and genre of creative writing. His numerous essays, articles, poems and short stories have appeared in the Discovery Channel magazines, The Writer, Prism International, Short Story International, Manoa, and numerous other online and print magazines. His work has been translated into 10 languages.

Silvis’s many literary awards include two writing fellowships from the National
Endowment for the Arts, the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize, a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award, six fellowships for his fiction, drama, and screenwriting from the Pennsylvania Council On the Arts, and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree awarded for “distinguished literary achievement.”

Reviews

[Tracey M. Osborne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great story, as Is Silvis' usual gift to us.

Meaty characters, so well developed. As each stuggles with his or her own demons, the main character is thrown into a new role for himself, but one to give him perhaps a better purpose for awhile, though one with many decisions to make that become an internal struggle for what is right or wrong when faced with people who have committed some of the worst inhumanities to fellow human beings. I never feel I am in anything but a meaningful story with characters that have worthwhile struggles and human flaws to deal with. I loved the book, as I love everything by Randall Silvis!

[Goldie Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suspenseful to the very last page.

Brilliant writer and storyteller in league of his own. There is magic in his words that draws the reader into the story.