Publisher's Synopsis
Five generations after Riley and Clay first set foot on Shiprock, the community is thriving. Liberated from the Breeders, the new society is free to live and love how they chose.Eighteen-year-old Meg is Shiprock's apprentice gunslinger and wise-cracking security guard, keeping the people safe as she patrols the stony cliffs. She can hit a target at fifty paces with her eyes closed, and yet, she's never ventured outside the sheer cliffs of her home. It isn't safe out there. Marauders still roam, snatching up unsuspecting victims.Then a plague hits their peaceful city. Her sister, and only living family, falls ill.People will die if a cure isn't found.Meg ventures out to find renowned doctor Fulton Tally and a cure to save her sister and the town.But untold peril awaits. Will Meg's training prove enough to survive the night road?
