Guelph-Humber Media Studies faculty, Dr. Cinda Gault, has released her novel, This Godforsaken Place. In 1885, 22-year-old British immigrant, Abigail Peacock, finds herself stranded in northwestern Ontario with a father who has fallen gravely ill. Resisting what seems to be an inevitable future, a sensible career as a teacher, and marriage to a local storeowner, Abigail buys a gun. And everything changes.                             Her seemingly ordinary life turns extraordinary when a member of the Jesse James Gang, Shep January, turns up with a Pinkerton detective close behind. Unintentionally shooting and killing the detective, Abigail accepts January's proposal to take his guns and stolen cash to Annie Oakley in the Bill Cody Wild West show. Oakley connects her to Shea Wyatt, a lawyer who can help prove her innocence There’s just one problem. The Pinkerton brothers refuse to accept that the killer of their detective is a woman…or that it was an accident. When Wyatt himself is wrongfully convicted of murder, Abigail and Annie commandeer Métis military leader, Gabriel Dumont, for help. Set against dramatic myths of the Canadian wilderness and the American Wild West, Abigail's adventure introduces her to some of the most infamous characters of her time, and brings the high stakes of the New World into startling focus. This Godforsaken Place is available to purchase here.