Ring of Fire is a fascinating and complex story. It's a great read, but probably more importantly, it resonates. I've found myself mulling over the characters, their actions, their fates, long after finishing the novel. -Clark Brown, author of the novel The Disciple and the short story collection Down in the Valley George Keithley (is)~ precise and evocative, and I like the fact that he knows the American experience...a western writer who doesn't write Westerns. -Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Angle of Repose Keithley's talent is remarkable... -Joyce Carol Oates, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award author Not only is George Keithley one of North America's most soulful writers, he is exquisitely imaginative. -Al Young, California Poet Laureate and author of the best-selling novel Sitting Pretty So stunning...So rare in this day of atrophied emotion and numbed feeling. -The Washington Post Keithley explores many themes: the transitoriness of life, the predatory nature of man and animal, the all-encompassing finality of death, and the ability, distinctly human, of transcendence. -Small Press Review