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A rural noir about a woman on a pulse-pounding expedition to deliver a fugitiveand forced to confront her own past on the journey In a secessionist rural state that has cut itself off completely from urban centers, where living is hardscrabble and poor but free, Brooke Holland runs a farm with her husband, Milo, and two daughters. Their life at the fringes of modern society is tenuousthey make barely enough from each harvest to keep goingyet Brooke cherishes the loving, peaceful life they have carved out for themselves. She has even begun to believe she is free from the violent history she has kept a secret from her family.When escaped criminal Stephen Cawley attacks at the farm, Brookes buried talents surface, and she manages to quickly and harshly subdue him.
About the Author
FIONA KING FOSTER was raised in Brudenell, Ontario. Her writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Hobart, Maisonneuve, Midway Journal, the New Quarterly, New World Writing, NOON, New York Tyrant, le Panoptique and Room. She lives in Toronto and works with the national literacy organization Frontier College.
