Three years into a global drought, Vicki Traux, a lonely Baltimorean, inherits a rundown cabin outside a remote Appalachian town. In a parched and dying landscape, water has become the most precious of commodities. When a subterranean aquifer is discovered on her land, Vicki finds herself in the midst of an escalating water war between violent “moonshiners” who have occupied an abandoned resort on the land adjacent to her own, desperate townsfolk who are inclined to take matters into their own hands, and a merciless businessman with an eye to maximizing profits. The water supply, however, is limited, and the thirsty populace grows by the day. In a new world, where the distribution of water decides who lives and who dies, Vicki must wrestle with the most difficult of choices—until that choice is no longer hers to make.

Praise for Long Man's Pillow

“I haven’t been this thirsty for a story since Dune! Vicki’s predicament is a lot more down to earth, as in down-home cooking and good ole Appalachian dirt.”

–Jennie Avila, Folk Singer/Songwriter, author of Naked in the Rain

“I couldn't put it down. It is wonderful and frightening on so many levels. Long Man’s Pillow is a masterful blending of contradictions. This story finds beauty in chaos and hope within disaster. It is a powerful warning of a future that is frighteningly real.

–Linda Nestor, author of A Week at Hogwarts and Intro to Computers for Those Afraid to Touch One

“Long Man’s Pillow is a powerfully written page-turner that probes the meaning of community in a world fighting for every last drop of water. You feel the desperate thirst of a ‘rawhide’ throat, even as each plot twist jolts your expectations. Beyond its pungent descriptions, beyond its vital warning, this is also a darn good story with a vivid cast of characters.”

–Fran Hawthorne, author of I Meant to Tell You and Ethical Chic

“Long Man’s Pillow is a gripping tale of family, sorrow, and loss while in the face of an overwhelming ethical dilemma over a dwindling fundamental life resource.”

–Jerry Aylward, author of The Scarlet Oak