Chase / Jesse Haas / 250 pages

Phin Chase is a well-read orphan in coal-mining Pennsylvania in the 1800 's.  He witnesses a murder, is almost murdered himself, and is accused of the murder.  On the run from Plume - a Sleeper, and Fraser - a mysterious man with a magnificent black stallion,  Phin remains true to himself and his mother's teachings as he sacrifices self, and possibly freedom, for integrity, loyalty, and self-respect.