Leaden Skies

Set in the summer of 1880 in Leadville, Colorado, this story unfolds amid a mining boomtown during Ulysses S. Grant’s visit, as characters navigate ambitions and temptations. Inez Stannert, part owner of the Silver Queen Saloon, makes a risky deal with a brothel madam, promising financial independence, only to encounter troubling events that challenge her choices. The narrative explores themes of temptation, secrecy, and the darker side of frontier life in the Old West.