Rescuing Crockett

What if Davy Crockett survived the Alamo?

The award-winning epic of the American West that’s an adventure, a mystery, a thriller, and a love story.

"Presented with artful plausibility.... A thrilling historical drama, as engrossing as it is edifying." —Kirkus Reviews

1838. Silas Grant prepares for life with the girl of his dreams. The resourceful sixteen-year-old is learning the blacksmith trade from his father and frontier skills from Texas Revolution veterans. But when a portrait of David Crockett raises the possibility that the beloved folk hero didn’t die two years earlier, Silas joins a quest for the truth.

Exploring a world healing from the war, Silas and his fellow Texians investigate the accounts of Alamo survivors and pursue a witness to the battle's final moments. Their odyssey turns lethal as layers of the last stand’s mystery peel away to expose a shocking secret.

Will the revelation stun a nation or ignite a fatal showdown?

Rescuing Crockett is the gripping debut of the Silas Grant series set in the turbulent years of the Republic of Texas. If you like historical fiction in the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Dorothy Dunnett, mystery thrillers in the tradition of Dan Brown and James Patterson, and westerns in the tradition of Larry McMurtry, Paulette Jiles, and Elmore Leonard, you’ll love David Z. Pyke’s tale of redemption.

WINNER 2023 GOLD MEDAL FROM THE HISTORICAL FICTION COMPANY

"A remarkable historical novel.... All your senses are involved in the battles, the landscape, the emotions, and the intrigue.... The characters are well-fleshed out, as real as a Texas storm, and the propulsion of the storyline keeps one glued to the narrative until the very end." —The Historical Fiction Company

"The story moves fast, despite Pyke’s feel for immersive scenic detail and welcome commitment to historical plausibility." —BookLife by Publishers Weekly

"The historical details are rich and textured.... These felt so real, and the written visuals are almost cinematic in scope." —Readers' Favorite