The war took his brother. The frontier wants his soul.
In the bloody aftermath of the Civil War, Confederate veteran Josey Miller returns to his ruined Virginia farm with nothing but ghosts, battle scars, and his fallen twin brother’s diary. Hollowed out by the horrors of Gettysburg and Cold Harbor, Josey’s only tether to humanity is Sarah, a fierce survivor of a deadly cotton mill fire. Together, they forge a fragile peace, building a family and a successful farm that defies the strict racial boundaries and bitter hatreds of Reconstruction-era society.
But peace is a luxury the South can no longer afford. When a brutal plantation heir targets their farm and commits an unspeakable act of violence against their chosen family, Josey is forced to unleash the ruthless soldier he thought he had buried.
Fleeing west across an unforgiving American landscape, Josey, Sarah, and their young family must navigate the deadly high plains, indigenous war parties, and a relentless bounty hunter tracking them into the freezing peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
Sarah’s Locket is a devastating, unflinching tale of survival, trauma, and the lengths a man will go to protect the ones he loves. It is a story of finding hope in the ashes of a burning world, proving that while violence leaves deep scars, love roots deeper still.
