In the Great Quiet: A Novel

In the Great Quiet follows Minnie Hoopes, a tenacious and fiercely independent pioneer who enters the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. Determined to build a life on her own terms, she settles on the frontier, finding solitude and peace under the starry nights while distancing herself from neighboring homesteaders. However, Minnie's isolated existence is disrupted when she kills two gunfighters in self-defense. When a renegade outlaw named Stot discovers her secrets, an unlikely friendship forms between them. As seasons pass, Minnie's haunting past threatens the future she has worked to create on the frontier. Based on the true story of the author's great-great-grandparents, this novel explores a woman's connection with the land, her reconciliation with the past, and her search for home in the wilderness of outlaw country.