The Nation: Book Two of the Wayne Sutton Western Series (Wayne Sutton Series) - Softcover

McClain, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798178290569

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

A home can be built. Belonging must be earned.

After war destroys the world he knew, Wayne Sutton begins building again—a cabin, a family, and a future beside his Cherokee wife, Nannie, in the country she calls home.

But peace has brought new battles to the Cherokee Nation.

Survey stakes cut through settled ground. Railroad interests threaten farms and livelihoods. Questions of land and citizenship divide communities, while whiskey traffickers and lawless men exploit the gaps between Cherokee authority and federal law. Wayne has found a place within a family, but his standing in the Nation remains uncertain.

Then his past with Cass Kimbrell reaches into the life he has worked to rebuild.

Wayne knows something a federal marshal needs to hear. Telling the truth could place his wife and children in danger. Yet every season of silence carries a cost—and others are beginning to pay it.

As the reach of Judge Isaac Parker’s Fort Smith court grows, Wayne must decide whether to keep choosing caution or stand openly beside the people and country he has come to love.

Protecting his home will demand more than hard work. It will demand the whole truth, whatever it costs.

The Nation is a post–Civil War historical western of family, justice, citizenship, and the complicated meaning of home.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798178290569
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194