New Madrid

Robert Tomaino author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Woodhall Press

Published:5th Oct '21

Should be back in stock very soon

New Madrid cover

Imagine a world in which the Salem witch trials never ended…

It's the early 1800s and Jack Ellard is a reluctant lawman of the growing river town of New Madrid, Missouri. Expelled from the army for his role in a brutal Native American massacre, Jack has carved out a solitary life as sheriff and rebuffed several offers to become marshal. Despite his desire to avoid controversy and conflict, trouble follows him out west. When a young girl named Abigail Duncan goes missing, everything changes. Jack is forced to delve into the town's secrets and confront his feelings for the girl's mother, Sarah. But when a firebrand preacher named Elijah Prescott, and a city-raised Native American named Chata, arrive and offer to help find the young girl, Jack is unsure of their motives. Neither is who they claim to be. Even Sarah seems to be hiding things from him, and Jack begins to fear the preacher's criticism of her bold and uncompromising demeanor.

"To step into New Madrid is to step into a new reality entirely. From the first sentences, it is immediately felt that the world that Robert Tomaino has built is not the world we know." -- Maudlin House

ISBN: 9781949116953

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 10mm

Weight: 204g

272 pages