Current Project:

The Truth Will Out 

A novel by Siobhan Fallon

Inspired by real events, Siobhan Fallon’s meticulously researched and epic new novel brings Custer’s Last Stand vividly to life, illuminating a violent and controversial chapter in American history.

Two and a half years after Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and a large portion of his command fell at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, rumors and controversy about the fight continue to grow.

Major Marcus Reno, Custer’s surviving second in command, calls for a court of inquiry to clear his name of the charge of cowardice. Intense public interest in this “Reno Court of Inquiry” forces the battle to be fought anew in newspapers across America.

Reputations and legacies are at stake. Custer’s beautiful young widow, Libbie, believes her husband was betrayed. If Major Marcus Reno is found guilty, Custer will be redeemed, and Libbie is determined to do everything in her power to insure a guilty verdict.

Captain Frederick Benteen, the third in command on June 25, 1876, has been hailed as the Savior of the Seventh for his bravery, but he too has secrets. The trial takes readers back to the days before and during the bloody fight, as the court sifts through the testimony of the battle’s survivors. Almost every eyewitness has something to hide.

The military tribunal must solve the mystery of whether dereliction of duty contributed to this shocking defeat at the hands of the Lakota and Cheyenne.  Some believe it was Custer’s hubris that led his command to its fateful end, others that his subordinates, huddled two miles away from his fighting, were to blame through cowardice or incompetence. 

Meanwhile, Meotzi, a Southern Cheyenne woman who had once been taken captive by Custer’s Seventh Cavalry, thinks her time with the U.S Army has been forgotten. But when an Indian Agent tries to convince Meotzi’s young son to attend the new Indian boarding school in faraway Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she knows she cannot outrun her past.