Publisher's Synopsis
Indians kidnap Mama and little Elsa. Fourteen-year-old Ryker Landstad promises his dying father to take the nine-year-old twins to safety. Despite the danger, they endeavor to reach Fort Abercrombie, trailed by deadly enemies.Ryker Landstad had aspirations of fleeing their prairie homestead to join his older brother, Martin, who is serving in the Union Army. However, tragedy befalls them when Ryker and the twins discover their father wounded and their pregnant mother and baby Elsa abducted by the Sioux.
Before he dies, their father urges Ryker to fetch help from a neighbor.
After overcoming life-threatening situations, they finally reach Fort Abercrombie, only to find it under siege by 500 Sioux warriors.
Will the children be united with their beloved mother and their baby sister?
Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. Candace Simar won numerous prestigious awards, including the Will Rogers Gold Medallion and a Spur Award. She takes the reader right back to the days of the pioneers. Simar writes gripping tales with evocative clarity about times of hardship and hope that built the USA.
Join Ryker and his siblings now as they battle for survival in an unforgiving land during the times of the great Sioux uprising.
