Creek Nation

Two seasoned hikers. A friendly stranger. A perfect storm of terror. For Robert and Susan, the Appalachian Trail is a sacred escape—a place to shed the noise of the city and reconnect with the wild. They are experienced, prepared, and perfectly at home in the vast, ancient mountains. They know the rules of the wilderness. But they don't know the man who is watching them. When a sudden, violent storm traps them on an exposed ridge, a reclusive woodsman appears, offering shelter in a rustic cabin. Against their better judgment, soaked and freezing, they accept. The cabin is not a sanctuary;...

It is the year 1885. A notorious band of outlaws known as the "Larson Gang" has been terrorizing Arkansas, Missouri, and the Nations for years. Judge Issac Parker, the Hanging Judge, orders an all-out concerted effort to capture the gang and bring them to justice.

A “wonderful story of passion, commitment, resilience, and determination,” (Paul Gasol, former NBA All-Star) about one man’s quest to become the first person to play each of America’s 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, an odyssey that brings him face to face with the gulf...

Leo and Sophie thought a seasonal gig at The Zen Nest—a cluster of ultra-luxury cabins perched on the edge of Cascade Canyon—would be a peaceful break from the usual mountain drama. But when a high-strung wedding party arrives with a map to the "Stone People" of the hoodoos, the thin mountain air begins to crackle with more than just romance. While the guests hunt for the mystical guardians of the Paiute legends, a very real threat is lurking in the shadows of the Dixie National Forest. A series of high-tech thefts is targeting the area’s most secluded hikers, and the clues are ...

Jillian knows that on Cedar Mountain, the past is never truly buried. Her family has spent their summers in Duck Creek Village for generations, keeping the old stories alive around the campfire. Carl, a tech-savvy newcomer, thinks he can solve any problem with a faster processor and a better GPS. But when a series of mysterious engine failures threatens the town's most trusted ATV shop, Loose Wheels, Carl discovers that some problems require a different kind of "mechanical empathy." With the help of a legendary golden wrench rumored to have worked on the very first "Iron Horses" of the West...

One of the darkest and cruelest chapters in the history of the United States occurred when the nation’s young government decided to remove the native peoples from their lands in the name of profit. Having helped settlers for hundreds of years, five Native American tribes found it increasingly more difficult to relate to, and trust, the country that had once acted as their allies. The native peoples had fought alongside the Americans to gain freedom from England, the nation that the colonists deemed oppressive and unfair.

Navigating two worlds is never easy. On colonial Australia’s pastoral frontier, three lives intertwine in a story of dispossession, identity and belonging. Twyla, an Aboriginal child separated from family and suffering memory loss, is forced to work as a domestic servant on a property in...

When a flashy couple from Las Vegas arrives at the heights of Cedar Mountain claiming to have finally pinpointed the location of the "Lost Rhoades Mine," the residents of Duck Creek Village are skeptical—until the gold starts showing up. Suddenly, quiet mountain life is disrupted by treasure hunters, "authentic" artifact auctions, and whispers of a curse that guards the mountain’s deepest secrets. Maya and Chloe aren't buying the hype. Driven by a mix of scientific curiosity and a gut feeling that the mountain is being exploited, they set out to find the truth. Their investigation leads...

In the crisp air of Duck Creek Village, some secrets are best kept hidden. Leo has lived on Cedar Mountain his whole life, knowing its trails like the back of his hand. Cody, a visiting naturalist, prefers the hard data of his falcon-tracking charts. But when the forest’s rarest peregrine falcons begin to vanish, the two must combine local lore with scientific precision to save the mountain’s most majestic hunters. Their journey leads them to The Lofty Nest, an antique shop where history isn't just for sale—it’s alive. Drawn to an artifact once owned by a legendary explorer, Cody ...

There was only one female marshal in the Indian Nations under Judge Issac Parker...Deputy US Marshal F.M. Miller. She teams up with Bass Reeves in Bass and the Lady and goes undercover to stop a new gang of murdering rustlers. Bass has an arrest warrant for his own son...for murder.

Marshal Bass Reeves long time partner, Jack McGann, goes undercover to ferret out some claim jumpers in the Arbuckle Mountains. He is bushwhacked and washed down the rapids and over Turner Falls. A restless spirit and a sacred white wolf send a fiery redheaded widow to nurse him back to health. Bass and his other partner, Jed Neal are sent to find the missing McGann, but are sidetracked into helping US Deputy Marshal Selden Lindsey track down Bill Dalton, the last of the old time outlaws.

A Promise Kept explores the circumstances and implications of McGirt v. Oklahoma, likely the most significant Indian law case in well over a hundred years. Combining legal analysis and historical context, this book gives an in-depth, accessible account of how the case unfolded and what it might mean for Oklahomans, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and other tribes throughout the United States.

Autumn has arrived in Duck Creek Village, painting the aspens in gold and bringing a chill to the mountain air. But for Finn and Leo, the season of peace is looking a lot like a season of puzzles. At Aunt Sue’s Chalet, someone is tampering with the "Best in the Mountains" salad bar—swapping croutons for bitter acorns and red onions for pungent forest forages. The trail of hemlock and pine needles leads Finn straight to Macy Halloway, a spirited local naturalist with a rebellious streak and a pine-cone pendant that seems to keep turning up in all the wrong places. While Finn deals with ...

Between the Indian Nations and Texas lies an area on the south side of the Red River that was once the winter camp for the likes of the notorious guerrillas William Clarke Quantrill, Bloody Bill Anderson and later, the James Gang - known as Delaware Bend.

In this new bundle audiobook from Captivating History, you will discover the shocking and controversial history of the Native Americans.

It’s Labor Day weekend in Swains Creek Pines, and the thin mountain air is filled with more than just the smell of pine and woodsmoke. While the community gathers at the Pavilion for the signature Camp Golden Eagle games and the annual plane fly-in at runway UT00, fifteen-year-old Caleb and thirteen-year-old Sadie are tracking a mystery that begins deep beneath the earth. Something is thrumming in the shadows of the Dixie National Forest. Sadie is convinced it’s the "Heart of the Markagunt," an ancient volcanic spirit breathing through the hidden lava tubes of the plateau. Caleb is ...

US Deputy Marshals, under Judge Issac Parker, The Hanging Judge, patrol the Indian Nations - the most dangerous place in the world in the late 19th century. Bass Reeves and his partner, Jack McGann, are tasked to bring in the Griffin gang and clean out the cesspool of outlaws at a town known as Catoosa, the Hell Hole. Judge Parker wants "that bunch of societal paragons of miscreants and malefactors that are gathered there eliminated" and doesn't care how Bass and his men do it.

A fast-paced, genre-bending debut from the winner of the 2023 black&write! Fellowship. 'I remembered a dream I had been having: a mountain, covered in trees, swelling up out of a plain like a tidal wave. But peering out from the underbrush was a row of eyeless faces looking past me out into the...

Marshal Miller is on a mission to bring a Cherokee renegade, Cal Mankiller, to justice. She follows his trail of blood to the rugged and mysterious Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma Territory. Will she finally see justice served? Will she welcome Mankiller to his first day in hell? Find out in Lady Law.

Coal Creek Ranch follows the Everitt family as they establish their homestead from their horse ranch on the original forty acres to eight and one quarter sections of land. The family experiences birth, deaths, hardships, and the joys of living on the Colorado plains.