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Sheriff Pruitt

Dark Sheriff Series #3

by Roger Mendoza

      Sheriff Pruitt (Book #3 of Dark Sheriff Series)
      The story “Sheriff Pruitt” is a historical fiction series exploring the complex dynamics of family, crime, and redemption against the backdrop of 19th-century America. The first episode begins in 1866, with an unnamed female writer interviewing one of the two Pruitt brothers. She’s writing, she says, a book about the Pruitt brothers’ history. One is always the rebel, and the other is a dreamer—different paths, same blood. One chose a road less traveled, the other a highway to ruin.
      The interview sets the stage for the heart of the narrative, which begins in the 1830s. During this era, Deputy Pruitt, his wife, and two sons, once pillars of their New York community, face devastating financial loss. The world changed for Deputy Pruitt. Gone was his wife’s inheritance, his dreams of becoming Sheriff Pruitt, and his two sons following in his footsteps. His only choice was to descend into a life of crime to claw back the wealth and privilege his family once had and deserved.
      The two sons, Randall and Joseph Pruitt, follow parallel paths. Their contrasting choices—one embracing the criminal underworld, the other dreaming of a life of law and order—form the narrative’s core. Both, in their way, believe “Family takes care of family.”       The story unfurls from there, a tapestry woven with threads of ambition, desperation, and the enduring bonds of family. It is a tale of two brothers, their lives leading to a fork in the road. One path leads to the allure of easy money and the thrill of the outlaw life, a path that might intrigue the reader, while the other leads to a life driven by a rigid sense of duty and a focus on maintaining a peaceful coexistence for all.
      Through the series, the reader is invited into a world shaped by the American frontier, a place where law and order were often fragile concepts. The Pruitt family becomes a microcosm of this era, their story reflecting the struggles and triumphs of countless others who lived through it. The series explores the enduring human spirit of survival, justice, revenge, and redemption, all against a backdrop of the enduring, unbreakable bonds of family.
      Ultimately, "Sheriff Pruitt" is a tale of how each of the Pruitt brothers finds a way to realize their dreams in spite of their chosen path through life.