As the Crow Flies

“My name is Missouri Cotton and I was born into a family of thieves.”

From her opening words, it’s obvious Missouri Cotton is no ordinary fifteen-year-old. Arriving with her memorable family in Louisiana’s “No Man’s Land”, she discovers an area of great beauty, deep secrets, and expansive isolation.

The Cotton family wanders into an ongoing local feud between encroaching outsiders and the local Ten Milers Redbones, a mixed Indian group.

When Missouri’s gypsy family’s race from the law takes them into Louisiana’s “No Man’s Land” she’s thrust into the middle of an explosive feud between the mysterious Redbones—a mixed Indian group—and encroaching white settlers.

Missouri finds a slice of refuge with Joe and Eliza Moore, the owners of a frontier store, then finds her heart slipping into the hands of their son, Dan.

But then, the Westport fight of December 1881 erupts, forcing her family to flee, and requiring Missouri to make a choice that will change the fate of everyone she holds dear.