Her Name was Dust

Amelia Staub is running out of time and hiding from a dangerous, abusive past. Her one desperate hope is the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush. But the trail West is an unforgiving crucible, and a woman traveling alone is easy prey.

Her journey of self-discovery soon intertwines with two men navigating their own haunting paths. River, a brilliant Native American tracker caught between a shrinking ancestral home and a society he rejects, offers Amelia a glimpse of untamed freedom. Lee Day, the burdened heir to a failing railroad empire, is racing to the territory in a desperate bid to save his disabled brother from ruin.

When their wagon train is decimated, the wilderness closes in. Stalked by starving predators, extreme elements, and the violent ghosts of the life she fled, Amelia must shed the frightened girl she used to be.

As high noon approaches on the border of Oklahoma, she must decide who to trust and what she is willing to sacrifice to finally claim a life of her own.