Brothers Edward and John Little leave their troubled home in Florida during the 1840s after a history of family violence and tragedy. Hoping to find freedom and opportunity in Texas, they encounter the brutality of frontier life, including bandits, scalp hunters and violent conflicts between settlers and indigenous communities. Separated during their journey, they eventually become involved on opposing sides of the Mexican-American War. Their experiences reveal how the violence of their upbringing continues to influence their choices and threatens to destroy their relationship.

James Carlos Blake

In the Rogue Blood