The Desert Crucible

Description This splendid and unforgettable novel was written in 1915, but for almost ninety years it has existed in a profoundly censored version, one that has undermined the truth of the characters and the authenticity of the author’s story. The gunman Lassiter, Jane Withersteen, and the young Fay Larkin have been imprisoned in Surprise Valley for the last ten years. When a stone wall collapses, they escape, only to be captured by a hooded Mormon, and Fay is forced to marry him as the price for sparing Jane and Lassiter’s lives. When John Shefford finds and frees the prisoners, they race through the Valley of the Rainbow towards freedom.