Cole Dust: Two lives. Two centuries. One legacy that won’t stay buried.

Two stories. One legacy. A century of choices that won’t stay buried.Cole Dustopens with inheriting a farm in the small town of Orvin, Oklahoma from a cousin he never knew. When investigative journalist Cole Sage stumbles upon an old trunk in the attic of his family’s farmhouse, he unearths something far more valuable than gold. Inside, neatly bound and yellowed with age, are the journals of his grandfather, George Sage—an enigmatic man Cole barely knew. These journals pull Cole into a story from the past, one that intertwines with his own life in ways he never expected.As Cole delves deeper into his grandfather’s writings, he uncovers a hidden world of love, betrayal, racism, and tragedy set against the backdrop of the history of 20th-century America. Two World Wars, The Dust Bowl, and The Great Depression, the stories shake Cole's understanding of his family history. Journal after journal, Cole finds a man he wishes had not been kept from.InCole Dust’sbook within a book narrative, two timelines converge: one man’s search for the truth in the present, and another’s desperate fight for survival in the past. Cole finds that the social problems of the past, alcohol and gambling addiction, racism, poverty, and despair, are not that far removed from the same problems we face today.As the past collides with the present, Cole must unravel the mysteries of the journals before the secrets they hold fade into the dust of time.The standout novel of the Cole Sage Mysteries—intimate, sweeping, and unforgettable.Read as a powerful stand-alone or as the emotional cornerstone of the series.If you are a fan of STEINBECK and JOHN JAKES, read Micheal Maxwell's Masterpiece today.Readers are thrilled with Cole Dust!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"I read this with the idea that it would be a typical "Whodunit." In fact, this story of one family, told by a current-day newspaper reporter, details the life of the reporter's grandfather, as revealed in a just-discovered series of diaries kept by the grandfather. It kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what wo