New York: Walker, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel. Three years ago, Ned Morgan had refused to take part in the Sand Creek Massacre and was drummed out of the army. Now considered an Indian lover by whites, and mistrusted by Indians, he is still hoping that bloodshed can be averted, but en route to the peace council at Medicine Lodge Creek - a meeting designed to help whites and Indians resolve their differences - he is sidetracked by a storm and by a gang of Cheyenne warriors raiding a homestead and he had to kill two of her attackers in order to rescue the woman, Elsa Wells. Author's note. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-802741282.