Rivers West

His dream was to build magnificent steamboats to ply the rivers of the American frontier. But when Jean Talon began his journey westward, he stumbled upon a deadly conspiracy involving a young woman’ssearch to find her missing brother, and a ruthless band of renegades. Led by the brazen Baron Torville, this makeshift army of opportunists is plotting a violent takeover of the Louisiana Territory. Jean swears to find away to stop this daring plan. If he doesn’t, it will not only put an end to all his dreams; it will change the course of history-and destroy the promise of the Americanfrontier. From the Paperback edition.