Iron Spur

IRON SPUR, set in the lonely, small Texas town of Iron Spur during the 1870s, follows two main characters, Carla Brandon and Blake Devlin, both on the cusp of adulthood. Carla and her father move to Iron Spur from a desolate farm, which is all Carla has known, but she is interested in finding out more about the world. Brandon has always lived in Iron Spur but has aspirations about breaking out into the world. They meet and find comfort in each other amid the isolation of their time, and Blake's plans are placed on pause, but only for a short while. He commits a crime and though he flees the town, he manages to stay in touch with Carla. When Carla has family troubles of her own, she runs away to join Brandon, who has picked up two like-minded young men along the way. She understands what she's getting into but depends on Brandon's vow that they'll soon start a legitimate life together. The novel builds toward a final, high-stakes encounter where their passions collide and survival hangs by a knife's edge