Morning Star (The Ghost Rider Series, Book 1)

By Sigmund Brouwer

#1 Morning Star The vivid world of Samuel Keaton is riddled with uncertainties and little promise of surviving his life on the run, is there more to life than he has yet discovered? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564763404
• ISBN13: 9781564763402
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Victor Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A Good Beginning

With this book, Sigmund Brouwer starts the Ghost Rider series. As many of his books do, it starts out seemly simple, but soon gets very complicated. Samuel Keaton, our hero, accidentally gets involved in a shoot-out. While on the run, he realizes that it is much more involved then he thought. Can he evade all his pursuers long enough to get the answers and clear his name?Having read others in this series first, I greatly enjoyed getting to meet the characters for the first time. The other books hint at the events contained in this book, so it was nice to finally get the complete picture. And while his past reconciling with the modern plot may be convenient, it also makes for a great story. And the ending surprised me, even though I should have seen it coming. As always, Sigmund Brouwer weaves a good story with well-defined characters. A great read that has recently been republished by Bethany House as Evening Star.

A Great Ghost Rider Suspense

Samuel Keaton is a man with a past. That is apparent from the very beginning as he narrates this western suspense. However, just how involved is his past comes to light as the book unfolds. Sam has to travel with a silent Indian in search for a treasure he's not sure he believes in. Along the way, he uncovers a mystery and must unravel the whole mess and try to stay alive in the meantime.If you want a realistic, gritty western novel, this is it. The mystery is incredible, involved, and yet understandable. And Sam struggles with the very questions of life: he touchingly questions his existance and the purpose of life in a poignant and down-to-earth manner. Although this is a Christian novel, there are no easy "pat" answers. Brouwer leaves the underlying questions for the reader to struggle with also.Here are the pluses of the book: great / realistic characters, suspenseful mystery, deep and engaging life questions, incredible western background and thorough research apparent, and a steady reading pace with virtually no slow parts (it was hard to put it down most of the time because every time something was resolved, something else came up).However, there are some minuses: sometimes the writing gets too cryptic to be understandable, the coincidences tying every part of the past with the book's present stretch the reader's imagination, and the romance (in my opinion) is abruptly added.On the whole, this book is wonderful. It was my first Sigmund Brouwer book and it didn't disappoint. It is a great introduction to the Ghost Rider series and had me grabbing to read "Moon Basket" (Ghost Rider #2 of the 4 book series) ("Sundance" is #3 and "Thunder Voice" is #4).

The Ghost Rider series by S.W. Brouwer

The Ghost Rider series are great books. I enjoyed them