Lightning (Inscribed) - Stenson, Fred

INSCRIPTION FROM FRED STENSON on title page; Tight, unmarked; some dot stains and marks to inside edge; otherwise very minimal wear; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; It is 1881, and Doc Windham, a Texan, has signed on to drive 7000 cattle from Montana into newly named Alberta. Phantoms from his past dog him: Pearly, the pool ace he loved and lost; Overcross, the crazed prospector he thought he had slain; and always, Uncle Jack, the mentor who fell victim to rough justice. Trailing the herd through storm, swamp, drought and plenty, Doc learns that in the new economy of open-range ranching, it is up to him to make sense of fate that strikes as arbitrarily as lightning. But will Alberta afford him the space to begin again? Or will the vengeance seekers and his own defences triumph? This is an epic cowboy novel of the West beneath the West, where the Mounties are drunk and bootleggers and vigilante hangmen vent their anger in the lawless night.
Very Good
Soft cover
Douglas & McIntyre
2003
Vancouver, BC