West Routt Library District

Hiding away in a hilltop camp, Matthew spends his days in solitude, collecting and burning the dead. A drifter wanders into his sanctuary, carrying with him a book containing three tales of the apocalypse. As the mysterious traveler begins to reveal his true intentions, Matthew tries to piece together the stories and find the key to saving himself before he becomes just another entry the book.

A new town, a fresh start. A chance to escape old demons. Or meet new ones. He got on the Trailways bus in Galbraith, North Dakota, booked all the way through to Spokane. But the Help Wanted sign at the diner in Cross Creek was calling his name. Soon, he had a job working the grill and a place to stay, and a new name to go with them. But what he didn't have was peace of mind. Or a clear conscience. Or any memory at all of what he'd done the night...

Scratch Morton and Bo Creel set out on a dangerous mission in the midst of a winter storm to reclaim stolen property--including gold, US Army soldiers, and a young widow--from the Devils of Deadwood.

"The book begins on the eighth birthday of Ethan "E.A." Allen in the remote village of Kingdom Common, Vermont. Noted for its fervent, if unrequited, devotion to the Boston Red Sox, the village sports a replica of Fenway Park's Green Monster on top of the local baseball bat factory. Here, in a region that lags decades behind the rest of New England, E.A. lives with his honky-tonk mother, Gypsy Lee, and the acid-tongued Gran, wheelchair-bound since...

Scratch Morton and Bo Creel are decent, likable drifters - their youth far behind them - who live by their wits and take cowboy jobs to make a few dollars to keep drifting with. though basically honest, Scratch and Bo aren't above breaking the law, especially those against spitting in public in Texas, and vagrancy in Missouri.

Deadly drifter: Satire of American radicalism moves from psychedelic 60s Greenwich Village to New Age 80s California. Blood tide: Searching for his sister, a lonely man and his wife come to a beautiful, mysterious Greek island. Obsessed with their quest, they are unaware that lurking on this Mediterranean paradise dwells a cunning mythical beast desiring to consume human flesh.

"Yancy Grey is slowly putting his life back together after serving time for petty theft. As he rebuilds an old house, he finally has a sense of stability, but he can't stop thinking of himself as just an ex-con. Until one night, he finds a mysterious dark-haired beauty hiding in his loft. But who is she, and what secret is she protecting? The art gallery Parker Lacey manages is her life -- she has no time for friends, and certainly not lovers....

"Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves. When the war ends, Lucas and over 2,000 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which was built to carry cargo, not men. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas finds himself further adrift. Returning home to Cape Girardeau,...

Angels puts Jamie Mays--a runaway wife toting along two kids--and Bill Houston--ex-Navy man, ex-husband, ex-con--on a Greyhound bus for a dark, wild ride cross country. Driven by restless souls, bad booze, and desperate needs, Jamie and Bill bounce from bus stations to cheap hotels as they ply the strange, fascinating, and dangerous fringe of American life. Their tickets may say Phoenix, but their inescapable destination is a last stop marked by stunning...