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Author:

Nix, David, author.

Title:

Dead man's hand / David Nix.

Publisher:

Sourcebooks Casablanca,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

306 pages ; 18 cm.

Subject:

Soldiers--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Prisoners--Fiction.

Notes:

[Jake Paynter Series book 2 Devil's ride West].

Summary:

Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black buffalo soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be hanged for killing his captain after refusing an inhumane order. Despite his best efforts to maintain isolation, he starts to make friends on his journey to trial. The people of the wagon train begin looking to Paynter for leadership, and he reluctantly falls into the role. The opportunity to escape arises when the wagon train is attacked by bandits, but Paynter's growing ties to the travelers compel him to stay. As his trial approaches, Paynter must lean on his friends for salvation, but the laws of the west are swift and harsh, and a grueling confrontation with his past is on the horizon.

Series:

Jake Paynter Series ; 1

ISBN:

9781728239651
1728239656

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1273669703

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)

FHPB224 -- Edgewood Public Library (Edgewood)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EYPC755 -- Kingsley Public Library (Kingsley)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

JGPC815 -- Field-Carnegie Public Library (Odebolt)