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Riders of the Purple Sage
First published 1912
Jane Withersteen is a prosperous rancher in the Utah-Arizona borderlands whose independence brings increasing pressure from powerful men determined to control both her property and her future. Into this conflict rides Lassiter, a gunman searching for the truth behind an old wrong. His private quest for vengeance becomes entangled with Jane’s struggle to keep her land and protect the people who depend on her.
The novel places romance, violence and moral conflict within a landscape shaped by Mormon settlement, isolated ranch communities and competing forms of authority. Jane’s refusal to submit and Lassiter’s growing attachment to her force both characters to reconsider loyalties that once seemed absolute.
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