A sweeping family saga about inheritance and the enduring legacy of Southern Black cowboy culture, from the acclaimed author of Redwood Court, a Reeses Book Club Pick

A sprawling landscape of sand, red clay, and pine trees, South Carolinas Fairfield County is the only place the Bolton family has ever called home. For over a century, they have cultivated this land, expertly raising horses to compete in derbies and rodeos and passing this knowledge on from generation to generation.

But after a devastating tragedy, Dwayne, the next inheritor of the Bolton legacy, buries his family historyparticularly from his daughter. Nikki, unlike her father, is a proud, burgeoning horsewoman with no knowledge of her familys connection to the part of her life shes most passionate about. But through a series of events that threaten to sever father and daughter from the only land theyve ever known, Dwayne is forced to confront his past so that Nikki can step into her future.

With nuance and care, Dameron deftly examines her most beloved subjects: the intricacies of family, and the powerful forces that shape who we are. Fairfield County is at once a moving exploration of the ties that bind us, and a bold reclamation of the American Cowboytaking this iconic image out of the white-washed Old West and deep into the heart of the Black South, where it has always resided.

A sweeping family saga about inheritance and the enduring legacy of Southern Black cowboy culture, from the acclaimed author ofRedwood Court, a Reeses Book Club Pick

Epic . . . a family saga in the finest tradition.Charmaine Wilkerson,New York Timesbestselling author ofGood Dirt

A sprawling landscape of sand, red clay, and pine trees, South Carolinas Fairfield County is the only place the Bolton family has ever called home. For more than a century, they have cultivated this land, expertly raising horses to compete in derbies and rodeos and passing their knowledge from generation to generation.

But after a devastating tragedy, Dwayne, the next inheritor of the Bolton legacy, buries his family historyparticularly from his daughter. Unlike her father, Nikki is a proud, burgeoning horsewoman with no knowledge of her familys connection to the part of her life shes most passionate about. But when a series of events threatens to sever father and daughter from the only land theyve ever known, Dwayne is forced to confront his past so that Nikki can step into her future.

With nuance and care, DLana R. A. Dameron deftly examines her most beloved subjects: the intricacies of family and the powerful forces that shape who we are.Fairfield Countyis at once a moving exploration of the ties that bind us and a bold reclamation of the American Cowboytaking this iconic image out of the whitewashed Old West and deep into the heart of the Black South, where it has always resided.

DLana R. A. Dameronis the author ofFairfield CountyandRedwood Court, a Reeses Book Club pick and aNew York Times Book ReviewEditors Choice. She is also the author of two poetry books,How God Ends Us, selected by Elizabeth Alexander for the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize, andWeary Kingdom, chose by Nikky Finney for the Palmetto Poetry Prize. Damerons work has appeared inKweli Journal,Los Angeles Review of Books,The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Dameron is also the founder of Saloma Acres, an equestrian and cultural space in her home state of South Carolina. She passed away in 2025.

• Publisher: The Dial Press
• Publish Date: June 09, 2026
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9780593977811
• Dimensions: 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches | 0.87 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction