Night Ride with Dahlia

In 1916 literate cowboy Devon Young reflects on his life's journey. Saved from death by a shamanic intervention, he embarks on a quest to rescue his love, Dahlia de Belardes, from banishment in California.

Born in Derwentwater, England, in 1942, Philip James Daughtry is widely anthologized, and his publications include The Stray Moon, Kid Nigredo, Magic Harness, Celtic Blood, The Centaur's Son, Night Ride with Dahlia, and Runaway Angels. He lives in Topanga, California, with his wife, artist Rita George.

Cover illustration (horses) by Rachel Burgess.

Thanks to Sean Oge for use of his words:

I've learned the art of alchemy
by nature I've been told
the moon turns earth to silver
the sun turns earth to gold