Mountain Blood

At dawn, the Greenstream stage rolls out of Stenton like a ball of gold swallowed by dust. At the reins, Gordon Makimmon carries home the quiet Lettice Hollidew—and the boldly dressed Buckley Simmons, whose every detail seems to sharpen Gordon’s sense of what he lacks.

The road climbs from a heat-struck town into the cool, dripping gorge and the isolated mountain valley of Greenstream, where everyone knows everyone—and watches. Gordon has driven Lettice to and from school for years, but her return beside Buckley, son of one of the valley’s richest men, makes him newly conscious of the gulf between their lives. His worn clothes, his pride, and the unspoken rules of this close-knit community all press in as the stage jolts toward home. What will the journey reveal about the people sharing its narrow seats?

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