Soul catcher / Michael White.
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TextPublication details: London : Quercus, 2007Description: 418 p. : map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847241597 (pbk.); 9781847241580; 184724159X (pbk.)Subject(s): 1783 - 1865 | Fugitive slaves -- Fiction | Slaves -- Fiction | Adventure stories | Historical fiction | Slavery -- Southern States -- Fiction | Fugitive slaves -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Fiction | Bounty hunters -- Fiction | Bounty hunters | Fugitive slaves | Massachusetts -- Boston | United States | United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction | Adventure fiction. | Historical fiction. | Adventure fiction. | Action and adventure fiction. | Historical fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Action and adventure fiction. DDC classification: 813.54 Summary: HISTORICAL FICTION. Augustus Cain is a man with his back against the wall. A war-scarred wanderer, he faces a past he wants to forget, a present without prospect or fortune, and an uncertain future marred by the loss of his most prized possession - his horse - which he has carelessly gambled away. But he is not without skill - he has an uncanny, if unwelcome, ability to track the most elusive runaway slaves. And to repay a debt and keep his horse, he must head north from Virginia and retrieve a runaway named Rosetta. When he eventually runs Rosetta to ground in Boston, Cain discovers she carries a secret - and the size of the bounty on her head begins to make more sense. Fleeing the northern states pursued by a posse of Unionists, Cain finds himself increasingly drawn to Rosetta and starts to wonder if his five hundred dollar fee - if any fee - could ever be enough to return her to her master.
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HISTORICAL FICTION. Augustus Cain is a man with his back against the wall. A war-scarred wanderer, he faces a past he wants to forget, a present without prospect or fortune, and an uncertain future marred by the loss of his most prized possession - his horse - which he has carelessly gambled away. But he is not without skill - he has an uncanny, if unwelcome, ability to track the most elusive runaway slaves. And to repay a debt and keep his horse, he must head north from Virginia and retrieve a runaway named Rosetta. When he eventually runs Rosetta to ground in Boston, Cain discovers she carries a secret - and the size of the bounty on her head begins to make more sense. Fleeing the northern states pursued by a posse of Unionists, Cain finds himself increasingly drawn to Rosetta and starts to wonder if his five hundred dollar fee - if any fee - could ever be enough to return her to her master.
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