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After centuries of strife, the seven powers dividing the land have worn themselves down into a stalemate. The monstrous King Joffrey is dead, and the Northern rebels are scattered. Into this blasted peace, however, come the scavengers, outlaws and renegades, who have been waiting to pick over the remnants. Daring new plots and alliances are formed, and personalities new and old have emerged from the struggle to take up new positions. It is a time...

Young Ira Hamilton's plan to marry an Indian girl is opposed by his father, a racist Nevada rancher. But the theft of a horse will give Ira the opportunity to show he is man enough to make his own decisions.

Journeying westward from his native Quebec, Jean Talon "stumbles upon a deadly conspiracy involving a young woman's search for her missing brother and a ruthless band of renegades" who want to take over the Louisiana Territory and turn it into an independent nation. Can Jean stop them and also realize his dream of becoming a builder of frontier steamboats? Jean Talon strikes out at a man who intends to make the Louisiana Purchase his personal kingdom. His...