The Pact

Jesse Daldegost is forced to sacrifice his childhood and accompany his father on a quest to track down Lyman Javis, the man who murdered his mother and sisters. Nurturing experiences of home and community are replaced by the rigors of relentless pursuit as he hardens into manhood. His education is earned through years of sleeping under the stars and living off the land, hunting both for sustenance and for meaning as his father tutors him in his single ambition, revenge. The blood feud demands not only the execution of the killer Javis - Jesse must also track down and kill his sons and daughter even though he knows they are innocent of their father's crime. He must turn his back on anything that attempts to turn him from his path. He must kill anyone who attempts to thwart his purpose. But his journey to achieve raw justice is haunted - both by the raging spirit of the murdered Comanche Kills-in-the-Eye, and by a new and unexpected foe, the awakening of his conscience. His pursuit of the Javis family takes him across the untamed American West of the 1880s, culminating in a rendezvous with destiny and the supernatural. A story inspired by actual events from southwest territorial history!