Deirdre lives for one purpose: to get her sister back. If she has to kill the kidnappers, that won't be a problem.

She's good at that. "A riveting futuristic tale of global ruin and rescue.

" KIRKUS REVIEWSDeirdre Buford relentlessly pursues the men who took her sister through an America wrecked by the Great Virus and endless civil war. She's forced by circumstances to ally with a nomadic photographer.

His gentle decency moves her to the core, but her mission leads her away from the man she's falling in love with and toward a confrontation with the people who hold her sister. To defeat them, she'll need the help of the powerful Nations, a league of indigenous tribes.

But there's a problem. The Nations consider Deirdre a deadly enemy.

"The ubiquity of black-powder guns, horses, and outlaws gives this future-set novel the intriguing flavor of a Western, as do its gritty scenes of graphic violence. Though the pacing is frenetic, the story is exhilarating: bullets are shot through eyes, bones are broken, and wounds heal over time if at all.

Meanwhile, people's relationships evolve in unexpected ways; all are complex. "-FOREWORD CLARION REVIEWS.