num_pages: 352
description: The offspring of a whore mother and a homicidal father, Edward and John Little are driven from their home in the Florida swamplands by a sching parent's treacheries, and by a shameful, horrific act that will haunt their dreams for the rest of their days. Joining the swelling ranks of the rootless--wandering across an almost surreal bloodland populated by the sorrowfully lost and defiantly damned--two brothers are separated by death and circumstance in the lawless "Dixie City" of New Orelans, and dispatched by destiny to opposing sides in a fierce and desperate territorial struggled between Mexico and the United States. And a family bond tempered in hot blood is tested in the cruel, all-consuming fires of war and conscience.With soaring and masterful prose, James Carlos Blake brings to life an enthralling historical time and place--and a cast of memorable characters--in a stunning tale of dark instinct, blood reckoning, and fates forged in the zeal of America's "Manifest Destiny."
language: English
title: In the Rogue Blood
titlecomplete: In the Rogue Blood
genres: Adventure, Dark, Historical, Noir, Fiction, War, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Literature, Crime
ratings_count: 920
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: HarperCollins