The Devil in the Bottle
Carol Buchanan is the author of God’s Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana, which won the 2009 Spur for best first novel from the Western Writers of America. In 2011, her second novel, Gold Under Ice, was a top finalist for the Spur award for best long novel.  She writes: “The quiet heroism of ordinary people who overcame great obstacles, made tough choices with courage, and met grave difficulties with faith – that’s what my historical novels are about. My foremothers came West in the nineteenth century not because they thirsted for adventure, but because they wanted decent lives for themselves and their children. They were desperate, and poor, and they met drought, winter, poor land, and evil.  I grew up on their true stories. I am their daughter, (great-great and great-) granddaughter. They inspire me, and through their stories and stories of people like them, they will inspire you, too.  They prevailed. They are us.” After too many years lost in the wilderness of cities, she returned home to Montana with her husband, Richard, and once again found true north.