Publisher's Synopsis
In A Circle of Stars is an epic adventure revolving around the aftermath of one of the most famous battles in American History, The Battle of the Little Bighorn, only this time it's told as fiction from the point of view of the Native Americans who won the battle. Custer is dead, Sitting Bull is fearful about what revenge the U.S. Army is about to take on his people and Fallen Hawk, the fictional young warrior who killed Custer in the book, is still not satisfied his revenge is complete. Days later, it appears to Fallen Hawk that it's the U.S. Army that's taken revenge when he discovers his wife, Mountain Cloud, has been murdered in an odd, ritualistic way. Many blame him for the murder while others strangely insist he marry again immediately, but in a fury he goes on the warpath to find his wife's killers.The action continues with the U.S. military relentlessly hunting down Sitting Bull and his band, while the desperate Lakota Sioux use every possible means of escape and fight for their very existence. As Fallen Hawk learns more and more about the murder of his wife, the hopelessness of the Lakota's situation becomes apparent, but his fierce nature forces him to continue his quest for the killers. Fallen Hawk constantly seeks out the murderer and this leads him to many adventures and furious battles, to the love of a new wife, Kicking Up Dust, and on a spiritual quest. Fallen Hawk is nearly elevated to the position of war-chief, as he fights the U.S. cavalry, endures the mistrust of his tribe and closes in on capturing the killer. Finally, as the book ends in tragedy, Fallen Hawk discovers the astonishing reasons for his wife's murder and the person who perpetrated the crime. Many of the main characters of In A Circle of Stars are well-known. Characters like Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall and others have essential roles, but the main character, Fallen Hawk, is fictional. In A Circle of Stars re-creates the Native American west in a way that puts you on the Great Plains as part of the world of the Lakota, a world that vanished with the defeat of Sitting Bull and his people.
