The Clients of Aaron Green

In the untamed crucible of Wolfville, a burgeoning frontier settlement still grappling with its nascent identity, the arrival of Aaron Green, a lawyer imbued with the principles of codified justice, ignites a profound ideological clash. Green, a man of ambition and intellect, endeavors to supplant the deeply entrenched, visceral forms of retribution and dispute resolution – often culminating in the swift, unforgiving judgment of the gallows – with the measured deliberation of legal precedent and courtroom proceedings. However, Wolfville's denizens, hardened by a life where self-reliance and immediate, often violent, redress are not merely custom but perceived necessities for survival, find Green's sophisticated jurisprudence an alien, even emasculating, imposition. The narrative unfurls as a compelling exploration of a society at a pivotal crossroads, where the abstract ideals of law and order confront the raw, pragmatic realities of a community forged in fire and blood, ultimately questioning whether civilization can truly take root when its very foundations are met with such fierce, ingrained resistance.