''An undoubted classic''The Sunday Times''A beautifully paced story . an exciting, genuinely rewarding adventure''Guardian''A rollicking adventure of a book, taking you on a twisting journey across the USA that will leave you breathless''Daily Telegraph''A wonderful book . the writing is so good that you don't even notice it.''Sunday Telegraph''damn good storytelling''Bookseller''Not only is the book nail-bitingly exciting, it's also concerned with the big questions in life: right behaviour and the ability to endure in the face of greed, cruelty and exploitation.''Elizabeth Hawksley, Historical Novel Society.