I like this book. But honestly the story is starting to lose me. When we were following Wes and Ruth Cutter, the story seemed to have a center. There was a lot of stuff going on around them, but they were always there. Now Ruth comes in to the story every now and then . . . . mostly as James Wright. Yes she's posing as a man, because she's been living off the land, in the hills surrounding the city. If she does that as a woman, she could be attacked, raped, killed or worse. But as a man . . . she has a bit of safety. But the story now is revolving more around Blackwater, than any one of it's occupants singly. And this one shows the dark side of Blackwater. Some group of men, we don't know who yet, have been going around killing all the black men. Freemen or not. So they go in to their settlement, gather up all the men, no matter what age, and kill them. The army guys, who've taken up residence in Blackwater, and have to go and clean up the mess, are blaming it on Atticus. Because he's turned in to a bounty hunter of sorts. But I think that's just an excuse. These are just mean, ignorant men, who will look for any excuse to hurt others. But I think Atticus and Ruth/James are going to have to find out who they are. They seem like the only 2 that really seem like they're trying to protect the city. Oh, and when Ruth goes back to cave, the guy that was supposed to be tending to Wes . . . has worked his way out of his shackles and escaped. This book is not for the weak of heart. It shows us some bad things as they actually could have happened during these times. It doesn't try to sugarcoat things. For that I commend it. Now I just ask, could we please get back to the center of this story. Because right now . . . we're kind of all over the place.
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