Reason & Riots

When a boy is killed by a breakaway rail car, Jolie Bowers'scompulsion to control is stretched to the limit. The homesteaders of western Nebraska threaten to retaliateagainst the railroad. And this is only the beginning. In the midstof teaching school, preparing for her wedding, and dealing with theviolent reaction to the railroad accident, Jolie finds herselffacing trouble from all sides. Mr. Avery shows up with legal papersdemanding a return of the family homestead. Jolie's father, MatthewBowers, is trying to pull together enough money to build the familythe first house they've ever owned. Her mother, Lissa Bowers, isinjured in a dynamite blast, and her sixteen-year-old brotherdecides to get married. Her little sister Essie's sweetheart, LeppyVerdue, is sentenced to be hanged, and fourteen-year-old Gibson issidelined with the chicken pox in the hunt for an escaped criminal.Some would be depressed and crushed, but for Jolie it is a test ofendurance and faith. And for the first time in her life, shedoesn't know how things will end.Bly, Stephen is the author of 'Reason & Riots' with ISBN 9781581344349 and ISBN 1581344341.