During the mid-nineteenth century, two prospectors on the outskirts of Gold Creek rape Revered Philip Goodwin's daughters, murdering one and leaving the other for dead. The town sheriff cobbles together a posse of outsiders to hunt down the perpetrators and bring the villains to justice. But more than just a story of retribution, A Killing Fever is a story of discovery. Whether it's a damaged woman finding unlikely salvation on an "excursion outside (her) bed of pain," or a Jewish journalist uncovering the humanity in a "scarred hell-fiend of rage," Cooperman gives us a tale that lets us know that "none in the West/ is what we pretend to be," and the only way to come to terms with our true selves is to push the body and the soul to their furthest limits. A journey into our inner recesses, as well exploring the past, A Killing Fever simultaneously informs, horrifies, and delights.