THE STATUE AND SQUIRREL

THE STATUE AND THE SQUIRRELIn 1803, Oscar Moyer is a man of silence and silver polish at the royal Burg Eltz-until a shattered decanter and a deadly secret force him across the Atlantic. Reborn as "Oscar Meyer" in the ranks of the U.S. Infantry, the stoic German finds an unlikely brother in Bob, a wiry, whiskey-soaked marksman from the hills. Together, the "Statue" and the "Squirrel" survive the smoke of New Orleans only to face a wilderness that recognizes no uniform.From the slave-hustling docks of Cowford to the untouched shores of Lake Istokpoga, their survival rests on a fragile alliance with Helen, a Muskogee woman who has lost everything to the tide of expansion. To carve a home out of the Florida scrub, they must outrun the reach of a rising government and master a land where the cattle are feral, the law is paper-thin, and a man's worth is measured in grit rather than gold.A tale of loyalty, legacy, and the heavy price of freedom on the American frontier.

Pages: 75, Paperback, Independently published