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The first arrow should have killed the buffalo. But the massive bull keeps charging, and Lost Eyes watches, helpless, as the young warrior known as Waiting Horse is gored to death. As punishment for this tragic accident, Lost Eyes is exiled from his small Blackfoot tribe on the edge of the Elkhorn Creek - cursed to spend his days wandering the plains, forever remembering the hunt that changed his life.

Acclaimed Western novelist Kerry Newcomb illustrates one of the darkest pages of American history in this passionate saga about culture, conflict, love, and war. He portrays the tumultuous and hostile atmosphere of the mid-19th century as war breaks out between the Cheyenne Indians and the white settlers. Panther Burn, a brave Cheyenne, and Jubal Bragg, a revengeful militia man, find themselves face to face in a tragic struggle between two proud cultures.

The year is 1863 and the Confederacy is on the run. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of a mob in New Orleans, young Union soldier Jesse McQueen faces disgrace and court-martial - in service of a higher, hidden glory. As a spy behind Confederate lines, he will intercept crucial information that could provide the turning point in a bloody, tragic war. But the young daredevil finds himself playing the part of turncoat and Confederate officer all too well, as infatuation for an indomitable Rebel Belle becomes a deeper, more dangerous sentiment.

Forced to take sides in the War between the States, Jesse and Pacer Wolf McQueen face off at Buffalo Creek, while their father, Ben, suffers a gunshot wound, a trusted friend preys on their kin, and outlaws plot the family's downfall.

Kit McQueen nearly died in Spanish-held Florida, but with the help of a brash Irish adventurer he made his way north. Now he wants nothing more than to live in peace with his family. But the War of 1812 is raging all around him, and no McQueen can refuse his country's call. To help turn the tide of war, he accepts a mission: to capture or kill the adventurer-turned-traitor who saved his life. Tracking his quarry to the Alabama Territory, McQueen finds more than he bargained for....

While their family’s wagon train stops for a rest, Jacob Milam goes hunting with his younger brother, Tom. They are hoping for a rabbit, a deer, or even a buffalo, but they haven’t managed to catch anything bigger than a rattlesnake when they see the Indian raiding party galloping over the plains. Jacob races back to camp, desperate to warn his parents, but it is already too late. Betrayed by their Indian guide, the settlers have been slaughtered. Jacob and Tom are the only survivors.

As the U.S. and Mexico prepare to fight over land, Ben McQueen is wounded and left behind Mexican lines, where his flight to safety is interrupted by amnesia and a pretty widow who is being harassed by a Mexican warlord.

Descendants of a savage, ancient tribe leave a grisly trail of human sacrifice across a land already no stranger to violence and bloodshed. Caught in the raging crossfire of a huge battle for territorial supremacy, the Warriors of the Night vow death to their white and Mexican enemies alike. Into this harsh frontier torn by the sting of lance and arrow and the flame of musket fire rides United States soldier Ben McQueen.

"Johnny Stark was big, ugly, and wasn't about to die..." So begins this extraordinary saga set on America's first frontier-in the heart of the French and Indian War. Stark was a hunter whose crime was running afoul of an Abenaki war party. Fighting his way out of a blood-soaked killing ground, Stark became a legend in a land torn by a brutal struggle between two distant nations, with native tribes choosing sides. In danger of losing their stake in the New World, the French knew they had to bring down Johnny Stark-and prove he was mortal.