A Black homesteader flees to 1915 Montana with a locked trunk holding a deadly secret, finding horror and sisterhood on the frontier.
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A Black homesteader flees to 1915 Montana with a locked trunk holding a deadly secret, finding horror and sisterhood on the frontier.
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for t...
will contain mild spoilers
Mild romantic bonds; no explicit sexual content on page
Graphic murder, gore, body horror; vigilante brutality and creature violence
Strong language and period racial slurs recur throughout
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Gay and transgender side characters face anti-gay and anti-trans hostility
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Supernatural monster premise; no formal spellcasting system
Central demonic entity in a trunk; disappearances when it is freed
Central themes of racism, sexism, and community ostracism in 1915 West
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Abuse, neglect, violence toward children; racial cruelty and family trauma
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