Title: Beyond the Sand Creek Bridge
Description: 1882. Northern Pacific Railroad Camp, Idaho Territory. The body of Sheriff Roger Langston is found beneath the Sand Creek Bridge. Chinese railroad worker Wong Hok-Ling is charged with murder days after the unexpected arrival of his fiancee, Mei-Yin, who has escaped her unscrupulous father and stowed away aboard a ship bound for America. Jason McQuade, the territory's newest lawyer, must defend the accused, but after encountering the beautiful Mei-Yin how far is he willing to go to save his client's life?
Subjects: Railroad construction workers, Fiction, History, Chinese Americans, Trials (Homicide), Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Places: West (U.S.), Idaho, West United States
Time periods: 19th century