Prodigies - Paperback

by Bob Armstrong (Author)

In a land ruled by gunfire and greed, three gifted souls will rewritethe legend of the West...

In a world on the cusp of change, three extraordinary teens are bound by fate.

A street urchin with uncanny eyes and hands. An orphan girl who can speak to animals. A sharecropper's son who sees numbers in everything.

Their gifts set them apart-and make them targets. From the crime-ridden alleys of New York's Five Points to the lawless sprawl of Deadwood, their paths collide with forces that threaten to shape the future of America itself.

A ruthless mining baron dreams of remaking the nation in his image. A messianic wolf hunter vows to wipe out the predators he believes haunt the land. And in the shadows, a street gang led by a muscle-bound thug and his deceptively "kindly" benefactor waits to strike.

As the gold rush fuels fortunes and bloodshed, these prodigies must navigate circuses, rail camps, and the terror of night riders in a country torn between progress and greed, labor and capital. To survive, they'll have to decide whether their powers are a curse to hide-or the only hope for a new kind of future.

Part Western odyssey, part steampunk fable, Prodigies captures the grit, wonder, and danger of an America on the edge of transformation.