Rising from the Ashes

Chicago, 1871. The city blazes, and amid the chaos, a boy stands alone: young David Murphy. Through his eyes, witness a journey from desperate youth to one of the Wild West's deadliest gunmen. To tell Murphy's tale, an ambitious writer of Western lore steps forward. Vernon Shields, hungry for a story to cement his legacy, meets a man known only as Longhair and secures the chance to chronicle his life.

Rising from the Ashes is a saga of blazing guns, spanning the Civil War to the dawn of the twentieth century. In a world where steel shaped destinies, most fell as fast as they drew. But a rare few, like Longhair, mastered the art of survival, weaving tales of quick draws, brutal ambushes, and the relentless trials of life on the frontier.

"Storytelling with no shortage of action, delivers a fresh spin on the turn of the century." - Don G. Porter, Author of Yukon Murders

"Many events molded and transformed this country at the end of the nineteenth century. My goal is to put the reader in the boots of the main character, David Murphy. To provide an experience of what it was like to live life in the 1860s to 1890s, from Chicago's great boom to the end of the Wild West." - Author D. M. Karder