So Young the Savage Land

“Zane Grey epitomized the mythical West that should have been” (True West).

Spur Award–winning author John D. Nesbitt carries on that tradition with a novel that captures the wild splendor of the western frontier and the lives of those brave enough to forge their own destiny in an unforgiving landscape.
 
SO YOUNG THE SAVAGE LAND

Around the town of Hartville, Wyoming, cattlemen and homesteaders work long days under the blazing sun or during torrential storms, raising livestock and tending crops. Cowboy Jord Blaine did more than his fair share of hard labor for the Skull outfit before the foreman sent him packing. Drifting between town and the smaller ranches, Blaine sees good folks struggling to survive against his former employer, spreading across the territory like a plague. Those who ride for the Skull are on a mission to terrify landowners into surrendering their claims.
 
Their tactics turn deadly when the Skull riders gun down one of the homesteaders. Devastated, yet resolute, Olivia Roundwell refuses to let her brother die in vain, rallying the community around her, and inspiring Blaine to take a stand. Attracted to the courageous firebrand, he takes it upon himself to defend and protect her and everyone in Hartville. It is a decision that brings the boiling bloodlust of the Skull outfit upon him. Outnumbered and outgunned, Blaine will nevertheless risk his life waging a war against an evil, greedy tycoon and his band of merciless killers.
 
Praise for John D. Nesbitt
 
“Nesbitt is a true artist.”—Western American Literature

“Nesbitt has a nice turn of phrase and creates characters so real, you can hear them talk if you close your eyes.”—Roundup Magazine