1871

Los Angeles, 1871.

In a dusty frontier town struggling to become a city, tensions simmer beneath the promise of opportunity, vice, and lawlessness.

Then violence erupts in a Chinese tong war.

What follows becomes the Chinese Massacre of 1871-one of the darkest and most forgotten acts of mob brutality in American history.

As the city descends into chaos, a headstrong deputy, a forbidden love, and a family fighting to survive are swept into a storm of vengeance and justice that will leave Los Angeles forever changed.

Carved from real history, 1871 exposes the truth behind a massacre America tried to bury.

The prequel to the highly acclaimed The Rebirth of Kool, 1871 has been hailed by beta readers as The Un-Western, a bold and haunting reimagining of the Western genre.