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A novel by Kyle Decedue

Debt on the Wind

A man pays what he owes.
What he can’t, he carries.

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The story

Debt on the Wind

Dakota Territory, 1869. James McAlister survived a war that left him nothing, and he wants only a clean season’s work on the high beaver lines. The Hargrove & Pike Fur Company hands him a contract with teeth instead—and sends him into country no one has trapped in twenty years.

He comes out the lone survivor of a massacre. The company doesn’t call it that. It calls him a deserter, prints the lie on a wanted bill, and sends its men to collect.

Wounded and hunted, Jem takes shelter at a lonely valley claim held by a woman as unwilling to break as he is—and carries his danger to her door. Out here, the law is whatever the company writes down. And what it has written is his name.

The wind carries everything—the rumor, the warrant, the lie. It sets none of it down.

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Gayla
★★★★★Debt on the wind

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2026 · Kindle

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“I really enjoy historical fiction and this book was great. I loved the writing style and the characters were easy to connect with.”

Joyoart85
★★★★★Written with grit

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2026 · Kindle

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“This should be an introduction to great westerns book with a saga character like James McCallister. I was swept into the river...”

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