Frank Carlson Library

Hoping for a chance at meaningful work away from his status-obsessed wife, New York executive Charlie visits West Virginia to oversee a mining project and finds a friendship with Natty, who longs to escape her own unfulfilling existence.

Detective Harriet Blue of the Sydney Police Department prides herself on an uncanny ability to catch the most deviant of criminals. So when her brother is charged with a brutal string of murders, it rocks her world. Shocked, in denial, and facing uncomfortable questions about how much she knew, Harry is transferred to avoid the media circus. Investigating the disappearance of a worker in an isolated mine deep inside the desolate Australian outback...

Zachary Knox, a sharpshooter known as "the Bull's-Eye Telepath," heads north in search of gold. On his way he meets Sephy, a magnetic woman on the trail of her lost brother. But on arrival, they find the mining camp is home to a shadowy mining company. The mine boss, Trevillian, rules the camp like a despotic priest, and at the center of his faith is Hope, an elusive goddess for whom the miners toil, enduring increasingly perilous trials as they pursue...

"Nat Horne controlled the mining town of Stilikine. He had made Sim Kenyon deputy sheriff for the area with the promise that Kenyon, a rancher, could have the entire valley - once they drove out the smaller ranchers. Reed Colton had been building his ranch for ten years and he was not going to be intimidated. Twice he had been shot at, but snow had wiped out all tracks before he could cut sign of the shooter. Two other small ranchers had joined with...

"To tell his story, Shapero fuses his provocative novel with hypnotic, original music--featuring the vocals of Marissa Nadler--and the visionary art of Donald Pass. The result is a riveting and fully immersive storytelling experience."--Box container.