title: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 (The Plainsmen, Book 5) (The Plainsmen Series)
author:  Terry C. Johnston 
description: Rich and fascinating. <i>Washington Post Book World</i>
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  THE
  
  
  PROTECTORATE
  
  
  WARS:
  
  Rise
  
  S.A. Shaffer, Esq.
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
  The Protectorate Wars : Rise
  
  Copyright © 2019 by S. A. Shaffer, Esq.
  
  All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form
  without the written permission of the publisher, except for brief excerpts in
  reviews.
  
  Cover Art by Austin Reddington (AustinReddington.com)
  
  1nd edition
  
  All character and events in this book, other than those clearly in the public
  domain, are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead,
  is purely coincidental.
  
  Map Of The Fertile Plains
  
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  > Contents
  
  [PROLOGUE](index_split_002.html#filepos4482)
  
  [REPRESENTING DEPRAVITY](index_split_003.html#filepos19986)
  
  [ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS](index_split_004.html#filepos40119)
  
  [CAUGHT IN THE ACT](index_split_005.html#filepos64801)
  
  [THE SILENT PRAYER](index_split_006.html#filepos92642)
  
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