Mariana's Knight

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>A father and son vanish. A legend is born.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>On February 1 1896 Albert Fountain-prominent attorney lawmaker and fearless militia leader-set out across the desolate Tularosa Basin with his eight-year-old son Henry. Despite threats against his life Albert was determined to see justice served returning home after securing indictments against powerful cattle thieves. His wife Mariana believing no one would harm a man traveling with a child had urged him to take Henry along. Before they departed she entrusted Henry with a small ivory horsehead fob-a symbol of his promise to protect his father.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They never made it home.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Their wagon was found abandoned in the vast desert the horses missing and a patch of blood-soaked sand glistening in the sun. Though their bodies were never recovered whispers of vengeance and survival grew into legend-some say Henry lived to avenge his father's murder. Others claim the truth was swallowed by the shifting desert winds.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rich in historical detail </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mariana's Knight</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> brings to life a true unsolved mystery of the American Southwest-a tale of tragedy resilience and the undying bond between a mother and her son.</span></p><p></p>