The Brittle Star: An epic story of the American West Denise Mina Both gruesome and compelling

Both gruesome and compelling

All we need is the will to do so

events swiftly spin out of control as lie is heaped upon lie

It is 1648 and Britain is at war with itself

they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school

The Brittle Star: An epic story of the American West Denise Mina Both gruesome and compellingPerfect for fans of Cormac McCarthy and True Grit, The Brittle Star is the epic story of a young man's unquenchable spirit. When his mother's ranch is attacked, sixteen year old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert is no ordinary young man. He's a frontiersman's son, a rancher who's lived his whole life in the untamed Southern California wilderness of 1860. In a journey that will take him from the bustling young city of Los Angeles to