Fabled is thrilled to host Sidney Thompson to discuss his third and final installment of the Bass Reeves Trilogy with The Forsaken and the Dead. Join us on Thursday, November 2nd at 7pm to talk about this amazing series that is soon to be a Paramount+ TV Miniseries!

About the Book:

All heroes have fatal flaws and a moment of defining hubris, but few rise from the ashes to achieve greater heights. In 1884 Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was arrested for murder and placed among his own prisoners in Hell on the Border, the infamous federal jail in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was the single greatest setback of his illustrious career, but it wouldn’t be his last mistake or trial by fire.

In The Forsaken and the Dead we meet Reeves again. In the 1890s, past his prime, Reeves proceeds through the valleys and shadows of Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Despite his caution and innovations as a lawman and detective, his nation no longer seems a product of his own making—so much like his children and his marriage to Jennie. While a modern world implodes around him and demons from his past continue to haunt his present, he remains resolute in his faith that he can be a steady rider on a pale horse.

About the Author:

Sidney Thompson is the author of The Bass Reeves Trilogy, award-winning historical fiction that is the inspiration for the Paramount+ miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring David Oyelowo, Dennis Quaid, and Donald Sutherland. Thompson holds a Ph.D. in American literature and African American narratives from the University of North Texas. His other books include a collection of short stories, a book of poetry, and a middle-grade novel inspired by his son on the autism spectrum. He teaches writing and literature at Texas Christian University.