A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure.
Michael Ondaatje

In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At 19, Mary Boulton has just become a widowand her husbands killer. As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brothers death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wildernessand into the wilds of her own mindencountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.

With the stunning prose and captivating mood of great works like Charles Fraziers Cold Mountain or early Cormac McCarthy, Gil Adamsons intoxicating debut novel is the brilliant and gripping tale of one womans desperate escape.