Land of Wolves
The Return of Lincoln's Bodyguard
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Multiple-Award-Winning Author of Historical Fiction
Vigilante Justice from the hills of western Tennessee to the streets of New York City to the plains of the Lakota Sioux
Land of Wolves finds Joseph Foster with Molly as they settle into a newfound life in the hills of Tennessee. But Abraham Lincoln's former bodyguard, the man who saved the President's life, cannot escape the Consortium as they come roaring back, killing his mother, abducting his daughter—all to coerce his Congressional testimony on their behalf.
Instead, Joseph and Molly strike the Consortium in their own safe haven of New York City. In a Bonnie and Clyde-like twist, they rob from the Consortium to draw out their leader—General Dorsey. But the hidden plan reveals more than they counted on, exposing the true intention to steal the Black Hills and the gold underneath from the Lakota Sioux. Land of Wolves traverses the American landscape, where only a full reconciliation with Joseph's native heritage and a cast of characters ripped from history—including Lincoln—can bring true peace and stop General Dorsey and the evil Industrial Consortium.
America marches west, hand-in-hand, with corrupt politics—perfect for fans of American history
While the novels in the Lincoln's Bodyguard Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Lincoln's Bodyguard
Land of Wolves
Angel in the Fog
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Turner's second alternative history featuring Joseph Foster (after 2015's Lincoln's Bodyguard) provides an imaginative answer to the question he poses in an author's note: "What would America have looked like if our greatest president had lived?" In 1874, Lincoln (who eventually resigned from office), Joseph (who saved the president's life in 1865), and Joseph's love interest, Molly Ferguson, are living in Tennessee. A period of relative tranquility ends when Joseph's mother, a Native American, is tortured and murdered; before she dies, she implores Joseph to search for his daughter, Aurora, who has been abducted by a sinister group of businessmen known as the Consortium, "the Confederation of Industrial Barons who have kept the flames of conflict alive after the Civil War in order to amass great wealth." Joseph's search takes him out west, where he meets another major historical figure of the era. Some readers may find that development a stretch, but all should applaud Turner's sympathetic focus on the plight of native peoples.
