When successful New York lawyer Josiah Sutton receives word that his estranged father has been murdered in the frontier town of Redemption Falls, he expects to bury the past and return to his comfortable life. Instead, he discovers a web of corruption that stretches from the dusty streets of New Mexico Territory to the marble halls of power in Washington D.C.Sheriff Franklin Sutton died trying to expose a criminal conspiracy known only as "The Serpent"—a shadowy organization using ...

In the lawless frontier town of Dust Devil, Kansas, Josiah Sutton, a Pinkerton agent and former New York lawyer, arrives with his seasoned partner, Silas Blackwood, to investigate a series of crimes tied to a stagecoach robbery. What begins as a straightforward case quickly unravels into a complex web of corruption and intimidation, with the influential land baron Bart Sterling at its center.As Josiah and Silas dig deeper, they encounter a town cowed by fear and complicity, where e...

In the shadow of Chicago's grandest buildings, evil takes root.Pinkerton detective Josiah Sutton thought he'd left the worst behind him when he closed his first case in Kansas. But when he arrives in Chicago to investigate the theft of a whiskey shipment from the Fitzwilliam Distillery, he discovers something far more sinister than simple robbery.The city's most powerful alderman, Victor Calhoun, has built an empire on corruption, extortion, and murder. His...

In the most recent Democracy Index, the Economic Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy.” Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education takes a hard look at the state of American democracy today through the lens of one of the nation’s most important actors: colleges and universities. Democracy is more than voting: it includes a wide range of democratic practices and depends on a culture of civic participation. Critic...