Brown Books Publishing Group Releases From Crisis to Kilimanjaro, a Memoir by Stratton Horres
DALLAS, TX, UNITED STATES, October 8, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — What happens when the life carefully built over decades is suddenly upended by a cancer diagnosis? For Stratton Horres — retired Dallas civil trial attorney, 25-year managing partner, and one of the most tenacious people to take on a challenge — the answer was to lace up his boots and climb a mountain. Literally.
From Crisis to Kilimanjaro: How to Climb After Life Changes Forever, published October 20, 2026 by Brown Books Publishing Group, is the triumphant, soul-stirring account of how Horres faced the most daunting case of his life: his own health crisis. And how he won.
The summit Horres chose was no gentle hill. Uhuru Peak, the roof of Africa at 19,341 feet above sea level, is the highest point on the continent. He reached it at sunrise. The view, he reports, was worth every step.
A Lawyer Argues His Way Up the Mountain
Horres spent more than 25 years as a civil trial attorney managing the Dallas office of a major international law firm. He knows how to build a case, how to cross-examine a witness, and how to deliver a closing argument that changes the verdict. When crisis arrived, he did what trial lawyers do: he mapped it out.
From Crisis to Kilimanjaro is organized around the structure of a trial — opening statement, discovery, motion in limine, cross-examination, closing argument — because that is how Horres thinks, and because it turns out that framework is exactly what a person in crisis needs. Each stage of his journey through illness, recovery, and ultimately the slopes of Kilimanjaro maps onto a stage of the legal process. The result is a memoir that is both deeply personal and eminently practical.
“Treat every plan as an opening statement, not a final verdict.”
It is the kind of line that sounds simple until you realize how much it changes.
More Than a Survival Story
What makes From Crisis to Kilimanjaro stand apart from the crowded shelf of illness memoirs is its relentless forward momentum. This is not a book about suffering, though suffering is present. It is a book about what comes after the diagnosis, after the treatment, after the moment when most people would quietly step back from their lives. Horres stepped forward — and took a lot of people with him.
Community, he insists, is the only way up and through. The guides who helped him ascend Kilimanjaro. The friends who showed up. The family who held on. From Crisis to Kilimanjaro is a love letter to every person who has ever stood beside someone in crisis and refused to let them climb alone.
A companion workbook is available for readers who want to apply Horres’s framework to their own circumstances — whether the mountain they are facing is a health crisis, a career upheaval, a loss, or any of the other great disruptions that arrive without invitation.
Upcoming Author Appearances
Horres will be celebrating the launch with readers across the Dallas–Fort Worth area this fall:
October 20 — Turtle Creek Conservancy, Dallas, TX (Publication Day)
October 22 — Allen Public Library, Allen, TX
October 27 — Roam Grandscape, The Colony, TX
November 1 — Bird’s Bookstore, Dallas, TX
About Stratton Horres
Stratton Horres is a retired civil trial attorney and native of Charleston, South Carolina, who spent the defining years of his career building and leading the Dallas office of a major international law firm. A former editor of the USC Law Review, he brought the same discipline and precision he applied in the courtroom to the journey documented in this book. He lives in Dallas. More at www.strattonhorres.com.
About Brown Books Publishing Group
Brown Books Publishing Group is an independent publisher based in Dallas, Texas, dedicated to telling powerful stories that change lives. For more information, visit www.brownbooks.com.
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Stratton Horres discusses his new book, From Crisis to Kilimanjaro, and the journey that inspired it
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