THE DONIPHAN CHRONICLES
DEADEYE
A 24-BOOK HISTORICAL FICTION SERIES • 1842 — 1920
by Deb Rands
The brand is built on a bullet that was never fired.
THE STORY
In 2007, a struggling archaeologist uncovers two leather journals buried for two centuries in the Mississippi mud — the secret history of two brothers who walked off the same Kentucky farm into opposite halves of the Civil War, and built an American spirits empire from the bullet they did not fire.
VICKSBURG • JUNE 1863 • 800 YARDS
Two brothers in each other’s scopes.
JAKE
UNION • BERDAN’S SHARPSHOOTERS
JOSH
CONFEDERATE • CSS SUMTER
Neither fires. Both leave the war.
FOUR SERIES • FOUR SPIRITS • SIX BOOKS EACH
Bourbon. Rum. Tequila. Whiskey.
BOOKS 1 — 6
BOURBON
1842 — 1865
Kentucky. Both brothers. The origin, the war, the porch where they part.
BOOKS 7 — 12
RUM
1861 — 1898
Cuba. Josh’s arc. Bacardi, three revolutions, the Spanish-American War.
BOOKS 13 — 18
TEQUILA
1873 — 1915
Mexico. Josh’s arc. Sauza, the agave, Villa and Zapata.
BOOKS 19 — 24
WHISKEY
1865 — 1920
The American West. Jake’s arc. Dodge City, Tombstone, the last legal pour.
The series ends where American spirits end — midnight, January 16, 1920. The last legal pour. Two glasses. The journal ends.
IN DEVELOPMENT
A prestige hour-long drama.
Six-episode Season One.
Lonesome Dove’s heart. Boardwalk Empire’s historical density. True Detective’s discovery frame.
PITCH MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
STATUS • SPRING 2026
SERIES ARCHITECTURE
Locked
CONTINUITY BIBLE
Active
PITCH DECK
Ready
BOOK 1 MANUSCRIPT
In progress
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