The Finding of Jasper Holt

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. On a train crossing the plains, Jean Grayson is forced into an ordinary coach and into uneasy company with two men who seem to embody opposite forces: Jasper Holt, grave, protective, and compelling, and Scathlin, sinister, furtive, and unnerving. Jean's quiet courage and modest grace stir something idealistic in Holt, even as he shadows Scathlin in pursuit of stolen papers tied to his silver mines and dangerous enemies. When Scathlin tries to use Jean as part of his scheme, the journey becomes a tense web of suspicion, duty, and unspoken attraction. Then a violent wreck shatters the night. Trapped in fire and wreckage, Jean shows startling resourcefulness as she fights her way to safety with a handful of precious belongings. Holt, meanwhile, continues his relentless search through hospitals, morgues, and the wreck site, driven by honor and the need for justice. When he finally finds Scathlin injured and feverish in a lonely shack, he chooses mercy over revenge, nursing the man through his weakness while Scathlin reveals himself as manipulative, cowardly, and cruel. Against disaster, corruption, and danger, this Western tale traces the meeting of courage, integrity, and a hard-won moral bond.