Without Remorse

A suspense-filled tale of a money-hungry vixen who will stop at nothing to achieve her goal of accumulating wealth. It is a legend that relates how her pursuit of riches impacts her young son and her several husbands. The setting is in the Deep South just before and during WWII, and continues on to Alaska and its vast wilderness. The story revolves around a funeral parlor, a brothel, an Indian Village, railroads, vintage airplanes, and a gold mine. How does the protagonist allude the law, and for how long?