The Last Crossing - Softcover

CBA Libris Awards—Fiction Book of the Year A Nominee for the 2004 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize A #1 National Best-Seller in Canada

Set in the late nineteenth century, this sweeping saga of interwoven lives describes an epic journey across the old west. Charles Gaunt, a disillusioned English artist, and his tormented older brother are searching for Charles s twin, who disappeared in a Montana blizzard. Enlisting the services of a Metis guide, they are soon joined by Lucy Stoveall, a tough beauty bent upon avenging her younger sister s murder; Custis Straw, the heavy-drinking Civil War veteran who loves her; and Custis s friend and protector Aloysius Dooley. Together, this unlikely posse, beautifully portrayed by five of Canada s finest actors, becomes entangled in an unfolding drama of revenge, romance, and redemption.