Desperation. Corruption. Redemption. Renewal.
A man’s journey through a nation torn apart.
North Carolina, 1861.
The Civil War is tearing through the mountains of western Appalachia—and through the life of Jason Hyde.
He’s lost his job.
His family is starving.
Winter is closing in.
With nowhere left to turn, Hyde accepts a dangerous offer from a trusted friend: a counterfeiting operation tied to a vast criminal network stretching across the country. What begins as survival quickly spirals into a life of deception, risk, and crime.
By war’s end, Hyde is no longer just desperate—he’s hunted.
Pinkerton detectives are closing in, determined to bring him to justice. And Ben Ferries, a ruthless outlaw forged in the chaos of war, has made Hyde his personal target.
After a brutal attack on his home and family, everything changes.
The hunted becomes the hunter.
Now on the run, Hyde sets out for revenge—dodging the law, outpacing danger, and racing toward a final reckoning.
In a world where loyalty is fragile and survival comes at a cost, one question remains:
Who will claim their prize first—Hyde, the outlaw, or the law itself?
EXCERPT
“Why me?” Jason asked.
“Friends help friends,” Joel Lovin replied. “You’re smart. I gotta hunch you’d be an asset to us.”
“But—counterfeit?”…
Feeling apprehensive and a little frightened, he asked questions, of them and of himself. What would happen if I said no to this venture? Would they trust me not to betray them? What if I said yes? What then?
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Born in 1885 in a log cabin set amongst the virgin pine forests of Mobile County, Alabama, Idelle Tanner Cotton takes the reader on a unique tour of the latter years of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries. She grew up living as her forefathers had done, bonded to the earth. She watched the railroad being built and experienced the change it brought to her life. As an adult she moved to a small community in north Alabama, and details the contrast between the two ends of the state.
This is the story of a woman who lived a life, and she tells it like it really was. She describes the Florida Land Boom on a trip to the state in the 1920s, living through the flu epidemic that struck the nation after the conclusion of World War I, and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Idelle, The Life of Myself exemplifies the era as she speaks to us with the inherent optimism and personal strength that marked the times and today defines our American spirit. So, pour yourself a cool glass of sweet-tea, grab a rocker, and come set a spell. Idelle’s got a story to tell you.