The Broken Blood

Winner of the 2025 Laramie Award for Best Novel with Western, First Nations and Americana themes

Wildlife rangers Nick Drake and Loq take separate paths, but both lead to action, murder, and mystery in a thrilling and emotionally charged chapter in this bestselling series.

When his sister goes on the run with a charismatic Indian rights activist wanted for murder, Loq risks everything to find her. He teams up with a beautiful police officer tracking a member of her own tribe who joined the fugitive too. Danger, desire, and treachery test the pair as they follow a trail through the wilds of Oregon, Idaho, and Montana made famous a century before during a legendary and bloody flight for freedom.

Can they stay ahead of a ruthless federal agent, solve who’s responsible for leaving bodies on the trail, and rescue people who don't believe they need to be saved?

Meanwhile, Nick Drake embarks on a hazardous undertaking of his own when his adopted son continues to be haunted by his traumatic childhood in war-torn Vietnam and a loved one is stricken with terminal cancer. Father and son go in search of healing and meaning, but deadly forces turn their quest into a fight for survival.

Readers agree about the Nick Drake murder and mystery on the high lonesome series:

★★★★★ Gritty, real & straight to the heart!

★★★★★ Nick Drake is a man to run the river of life with!

★★★★★ Grabs you, holds you, and never lets you go!

★★★★★ Excellent contemporary western!

★★★★★ Love the emphasis on Native Americanism!