They burned her house.
They kidnapped her brother and sister.
But revenge will follow.
Shay South hoped to bury her bloody past and leave smiling, but she’ll have to recall old, vicious methods to get her family back—and she is not the kind of woman who avoids what must be done. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her old, cowardly stepfather, Lamb. But it turns out Lamb also buried his bloody past. And in the lawless Far Land, the past is never truly buried.
Their journey will take them across barren plains to a border city gripped by a gold rush; through feuds, duels, and slaughter high in unmapped mountains—to a clash with the Spirits. And, even worse, it will push them toward an alliance with Nicomo Cosca, the notorious mercenary soldier, and his helpless lawyer, Temple—two people none of whom can be trusted…