Peace Medicine

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. In the hard-edged Chinook Valley, cattlemen rule a secluded empire where loyalty is fierce, grudges run deep, and every handshake may hide a threat. Jess Marshall rides home beside Clell Danert, a polished outsider pressing for marriage, while her father, Cross L. Marshall, and foreman Bart Farley both sense danger in his smooth manners and secret motives. Yet Jess's heart is still tied to Peace River Parker, the former sweetheart branded a thief and sent to prison after a bitter cattle scandal whose truth may not be settled. Beyond the ranch, Tarp City seethes with gambling, vice, and cattle traffic as Jefferson Crane and his allies scheme to smuggle sheep into the valley, legally overrun the range, and seize power through deception and violence. To carry out the plan, they recruit Peace Parker himself, newly returned from five years of brutal confinement and hungry for freedom. But Peace's comeback alarms Crane, who fears the man he once helped convict. As old love, revenge, and a looming range war collide, Peace steps into a trap where redemption may cost his life.