Wild Justice: A Page Murdock Novel (Page Murdock Novels Book 13)

In spring 1896, after thirty years as a judge in Montana, Judge Harlan Blackthorne dies. Deputy U.S. Marshal Page Murdock, his most loyal officer, is tasked with escorting the judge's remains across the continent by rail. The journey includes multiple station stops where the public pays respects and bands play the judge's favorite song, "After the Ball." During the long trip, Murdock reflects on decades of triumphs and tragedies he witnessed while working to bring justice to the Montana territory alongside fellow deputies and the judge. As the funeral train travels through prairies, mountains, and rivers that were once home to buffalo herds, Indian nations, trappers, cowboys, the U.S. Cavalry, entrepreneurs, and outlaws, the novel presents a history of the American frontier from its untamed origins to the threshold of a new century.