Synopses & Reviews
A losing labor strike, a union leader framed for murder, a ragpicker poet and collapsing city bridges — each competes for Sage Adair's attention as he sloughs through the Pacific Northwest rain and mud to find answers before someone else dies.
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"Stoner skillfully weaves fact and fiction together to craft a story that not only entertains, but informs." East Oregonian
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"Stoner sets a great backdrop for the intrigue that happens on the dark side of the law...the novel is a page turner." The Southeast Examiner
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"Meticulously researched history...true-to-life." Northwest Labor Press
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"Combines rousing adventure with accurate back-to-the-past details." Jim Strassmaier, Oral Historian, Oregon Historical Society, ret.
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"A hard-to-put down, deeply satisfying and entertaining adventure." Ross K. Reider, President, Pacific Northwest Labor History Association
About the Author
S.L. Stoner, is a native Oregonian who works full time as a labor union lawyer. Like that of her series hero, Sage Adair, Stoner’s life has tended toward the adventurous. She’s worked in skid road bars, Las Vegas casinos, free clinics, as a prisoners’ advocate, psychology center videographer, and federal judge’s intern. She lives with her husband and two dogs in Portland.