A taut, thrilling adventure story about buried treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old west.
It's the 19th century on the Gulf Coast, a time of opportunity and lawlessness. After escaping the Texas brothel where she'd been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her lover, who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing rumors of a pirate's buried treasure.
Meanwhile, Nate Cannon, a young Texas policeman with a pure heart and a strong sense of justice, is on the hunt for a ruthless killer named McGill who has claimed the lives of men, women, and even children across the frontier.
Who -- if anyone -- will survive when their paths finally cross? As Lucinda and Nate's stories converge, guns are drawn, debts are paid, and Kathleen Kent delivers an unforgettable portrait of a woman who will stop at nothing to make a new life for herself.
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“Kent, a talented storyteller…manages
to upend expectations through rich characterizations, historic verisimilitude,
and a close study of east Texas geography...There are echoes of another
Texas-identified author, Cormac McCarthy, in Kent’s bloody novel, especially in
scenes where the lawmen debate the nature of justice. But time and again,
largely because of the humanizing attention to women and minority characters
traditionally given short shrift in historical fiction, Kent manages a fresh
take on a tale that could have been just another redundant entry in the
Lonesome Dove sweepstakes.”
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Texas Observer