Another Kind of Eden

By: James Lee Burke

Narrated by: Will Patton

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s.

The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs.

Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. Their soul connection is immediate, but their romance is complicated by Joanne’s involvement with a shady professor who is mixed up with a drug-addled cult. When a sinister businessman and his son who wield their influence through vicious cruelty set their sights on Aaron, drawing him into an investigation of grotesque murders, it is clear that this idyllic landscape harbors tremendous power—and evil. Followed by a mysterious shrouded figure who might not be human, Aaron will have to face down all these foes to save the life of the woman he loves and his own.

The latest installment in James Lee Burke’s masterful Holland family saga, Another Kind of Eden is both riveting and one of Burke’s most ambitious works to date. It dismantles the myths of both the twentieth-century American West and the peace-and-love decade, excavating the beauty and idealism of the era to show the menace and chaos that lay simmering just beneath the surface.

Critic reviews

"Fans of James Lee Burke and narrator Will Patton won't be disappointed in this latest chapter of the Holland family saga. Patton sets the tone with a dry, almost husky, telling of a story focused on the 1960s and the American West. His delivery of Burke's novel reminds listeners of why Patton runs the risk of being better known as a narrator than an actor. His measured speech is pitch-perfect for this story of what a man will do for the woman he loves, a mysterious figure who may or may not be of this world, and the hope offered by the 1960s."

Another Winner

I honestly can't tell you if it's James Lee Burke the writer or Will Patton the Narrator. A great book I finished it while unpacking my Christmas stuff. Dam it!!!!!! I love a good. Book. Thank you Mr. Burke and an extra thanks to Will, job well done.

Love this series

Honesty anything read by Will Patton I will listen to but this series is excellent.

Realistic yer surreal, memorable

Outstanding narration helps one get inside the head of this man, puzzled by life but trying to be true to himself. A dark story, yet uplifting.

Not for me,this time. and I do not say this abou.

I did not care for the characters untill last chapter. Yes the words were there and narration was Spot On but the story
left me flat.

And another one...

I never grow weary of this author's take on life. He is deep without being preachy and his prose is like a soothing balm in a world of rough characters.