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In the Oklahoma Territory of 1881, newly appointed Deputy Carson Boone arrives in the cattle town of Dry Creek expecting a quiet post and a second chance after his discharge from the army. Instead, he finds himself partnered with Silas Twofeathers-a Native American Deputy Marshal whose calm demeanor, sharp observation, and unsettling talent for deduction have earned him both quiet respect and deep suspicion. When a reclusive rancher, John Bummer, is trampled to death by his own cattle, the incident appears to be a tragic accident. But small, overlooked details-rice where salt should be, disturbed ground, a missing body-suggest something far stranger at work. As rumors spread that the dead man has returned from the grave, Boone records the case that would define his life, witnessing how fear, prejudice, and superstition can obscure truth. The Man Who Died Twice is a Western mystery about justice on unsettled ground, where reason must cut through legend, and where the sharpest mind in the territory belongs to a man caught between two worlds.