Clay Author Surname:Bouysse Iona is forced to confront

Iona is forced to confront how much she really knew about the man who raised her

and the murder weapon laid out in front of him - a sword with a white cockade on its hilt

Are there really brigands stealing gold and silver from the ancient mines

As Noble's superiors are drawn further into political meddling

Leaving behind her native Warsaw

Clay Author Surname:Bouysse Iona is forced to confront"In this captivating Faulknerian tale of love, masculinity, and vengeance, tensions boil over in a rural mountain community whose able bodied men have left to fight in World War I. In the heart of Cantal, in the heat of the summer of 1914, the men resigned themselves to going off to fight, far away. Joseph, just 15 years old, must take care of the family farm with his mother, his grandmother, and Leonard, an old neighbor who has become his friend. On