Forge Books
April 2009
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Featuring: Jeffrey Barfield; Todd Barfield
336 pages ISBN: 0765360292 EAN: 9780765360298 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd. In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders andΒ the elder Barfields are killed and scalped. The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians. The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hideΒ andΒ isΒ rescued by the militia men.Β Jeffrey is taken in by a home-steading family, whileΒ Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named January.
Both become caught up in the turbulence of the Civil War, which even in remote West Texas, the border country with New Mexico, pitsΒ Confederate sympathizers against Unionists. The brothers, separated by violence, are destined to be rejoined by violence.Β Will they meet as friends or deadly enemies?
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