Jack of Diamonds: The Man Who Refused to Die

A legacy forged in the mud of Kentucky and tempered by the brutal blizzards of the Dakota Territory.Jack was a boy of the bluegrass, raised by the Lucas family in Crab Orchard after his mother’s early death. But the frontier is a cruel master. By the time he reached manhood, cholera had claimed his foster parents, leaving him with nothing but a sold-off dairy farm and a restless spirit.From the churning waters of riverboats to the lawless trails of the 1880s, Jack’s life became a whirlwind of grit and gunpowder. He hauled freight with the legendary Jim “Two-Fingers” Miller on the Deadwood Trail and rode shotgun on the stage to Cheyenne, a target for every outlaw in the Black Hills.But the mountains held more than just gold.After nearly succumbing to a lethal spring blizzard in 1883, Jack finds himself at the Diamond Ranch—where a shocking secret waits to be unearthed. The father he never knew is closer than he ever imagined, and the discovery will set him on a path of vengeance and survival that will echo across the West.They called him a man who refused to die. His enemies called him a curse. The world would come to know him as the Jack of Diamonds. Read more