Action, history, gunfights, and murders, based on true events and real people. As a young female facing starvation, Joe joined the Union Army under disguise, where she became battle-hardened, and no stranger to killing. Joe treks to southwest Nebraska in the turbulent year of 1876, learning about some of its town's short and bloody past, and sometimes leaving dead men behind. The reader will learn about the struggles of settlers, railroading, the Civil War, mob violence, ranching, bullwhackers, and much more. Mankiller blends real and well researched historical events with richly detailed fictional elements to portray the harsh realities of the Old West. The reader will see it all through the eyes of the real deal, a woman, who has to become a gunfighter to survive. Joe travels by train, stage, and horseback, sometimes remembering incidents of the war. She is trying to catch up with an ex-confederate prison guard from Andersonville, who did horrible and evil things to many. Closing in on her prey, she finds out that “Killsome Wilson” was recently a gunfighter for a rancher/rustler ring but is now a Baptist Preacher. Can Joe kill a preacher? You bet. Can she outfight a top-notch gunfighter? Maybe, but she wants revenge and is willing to risk death to get it. Can she shake the many haunting demons of the war, like what Wilson did to her? Never. A terrifying and beautiful predator, she is a mankiller. The old-timers didn't tell me much about her. She was a local legend that has been a well-kept, dirty little secret. But one old-timer knew her well, and he told me everything. Now let me tell you.