First published 2008
Everett Hitch arrives in a rough frontier settlement after leaving Appaloosa behind. He takes work as protector of the women working in the local brothel. The job seems straightforward enough until trouble arrives in multiple forms. A professional gunslinger rolls into town looking for a fight. Meanwhile, a mine owner with deep pockets and deeper greed starts making moves that threaten the fragile peace Hitch hoped to find. The violence escalates as these forces converge on the small community. Hitch must decide how far he will go to protect the women under his care and whether his friendship with his old partner can survive the mounting tensions. In this unforgiving landscape, loyalty and survival often demand the same brutal choices.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, crime, action, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Appaloosa
Period: 19th-century
292 pages · Hardcover · Putnam Adult
Content warnings: graphic-violence, violence