Critical Praise

"Dramatically, even lyrically…the authors elegantly weave an engaging, thrilling, lively narrative of how and why the gang murdered and mutilated…effortlessly wrapped in a backdrop of the growing Wild West, with self-serving land deals, nefarious connections between powerful men and the rustlers, the precariousness of frontier justice, and pervasive racism against the Chinese. A splendid read."

—William Wong, San Francisco Chronicle

"A gripping, spooky historical novel…They create another, entirely credible world, which is what America used to be all about. Deep Creek is highly ambitious and compelling, much more complex than it might appear from paraphrase. The dual authorship of this novel may have something to do with the fact that it's twice as good as it might have been otherwise."

—Carolyn See, Washington Post