Mike Blakely again takes us on the trail with cowboy musician Caleb Holcomb. Caleb now becomes embroiled in Wyoming’s Johnson County War, the Arapaho uprisings, the West’s bloody cattle wars, the great cattle drives, and the wild, lawless land rushes that settled the Indian Territory.
Through it all Caleb finds music, friends, and wonderful women. But will he ever settle down with Amelia Holcomb, his brother’s widow, the only woman he’s ever loved? Or will he stay too long at the dance?
“Crisp, enticing….Highly recommended.” —American Cowboy
“The only formula here is talent. Blakely is a superb storyteller in the gritty tradition of Elmer Kelton and Benjamin Capps, and this is one of those Western novels with an unmistakably genuine spirit and style.” —Books of the Southwest
“Plenty of good-guy-bad-guy action, a poignant love story, and an unerring sense of contemporary detail make this historical novel sing.” —Texas Monthly
