Martin Granger keeps to himself in Lost Creek, where his badge and reputation speak louder than words. But when a widow and her quiet son arrive with a broken wagon and carefully guarded secrets, the deputy's orderly world begins to unravel.
Sarah Hayes claims to be passing through, yet something in her determined gaze suggests otherwise. As whispers spread through town and Judge Cheney's interest in the newcomers grows unnaturally keen, Granger finds himself pulled into a mystery two decades in the making.
Buried deeds. Altered boundaries. A valuable spring that could determine Lost Creek's future. When violence erupts and battle lines are drawn, Granger must decide what matters more—the law as written, or the justice that's owed.
In a frontier where powerful men have never answered for their sins, one deputy's unwavering principles may be the only thing standing between truth and those who would bury it forever.