Washoe County Library System

Traces decades in the lives of a post-Civil War Oklahoma family that includes a psychopathic killer, a group of cruel brothers, an impassive ex-slave, a dangerous child prodigy, and a pathologically deviant patriarch.

"In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life--her husband, who has gone in search of water for the parched household, and her two older sons, who have gone in search of their father after his return is delayed. Nora is biding her time with her youngest son, a boy with a bad eye who is convinced that a...

Story of Mike Bastian and his adoptive father, the outlaw Ben Curry. When Curry wants to turn his legacy over to Bastian, Bastian must choose between his loyalty to Ben and his yearning for a different way of life.

Max and Erin continue the fight to protect South Ridge Middle School from Ralph and his henchmen, but Max's greatest challenge may be keeping his crush on Erin a secret.