Book Description:
Published 2008
In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone
across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen,
Mary Boulton has just become a widow—and her husband's killer. As
bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is
tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless
brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger
brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for
life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness—and into the
wilds of her own mind—encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics
along the way.
With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel weds a brilliant literary style to the gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.
With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamson's intoxicating debut novel weds a brilliant literary style to the gripping tale of one woman's desperate escape.