From her hiding place, Sara Carter watched as her mother and sister were raped and murdered. Even at 14, Sara had the presence of mind to save her other sister from death (but not from rape) by shooting at the marauders.
At the end of the day, however, Sara and Megan were the only ones left alive to bury their parents and 3 siblings. Sara promises that she will one day get revenge on the man who escaped, Dodd Elliot.
Texan Tom Tanner sends his son on a mission; Fargo Tanner is to find his brothers killer and punish him with death. Following a very cold trail, Fargo goes to the Arizona Territory, looking for a huge dog and a rider on a paint horse.
Fargo meets Sara, who just happens to have a Great Dane with the correct markings. He decides that she will have the answers he seeks. However, neither Sara nor her neighbors will talk about the man Fargo is looking for - named Hawk.
Chiricahua Apache Indians visit Megan and Sara and refer to them as Indian princesses. The reader finds out why the Carters were attacked 6 years before. If you have done any genealogy, you know there were no such things in the North American Original Peoples history. To use such a phrase showed that the author did not do her research.
These Apache have captured Fargo Tanner more dead than alive. Sara demands that Tanner be released to her and she promises that if he lives, he will come to fight his captor, Ocha. The story is eventful; there are surprises, twists and interesting characters.
However, the story starts down a trail, stops, drops that thread and starts down another path (Tom Tanners relationship with his two sons is an early example. The fact that Charles Carter (Saras father) is a half-breed is another dangling string.) Then, oddities are added to the mix; Rose, one of Saras friends, is captured by an outlaw. Why?
I thought this story had lots of potential that sometimes got lost. It was a very uneven book.
At the end of the day, however, Sara and Megan were the only ones left alive to bury their parents and 3 siblings. Sara promises that she will one day get revenge on the man who escaped, Dodd Elliot.
Texan Tom Tanner sends his son on a mission; Fargo Tanner is to find his brothers killer and punish him with death. Following a very cold trail, Fargo goes to the Arizona Territory, looking for a huge dog and a rider on a paint horse.
Fargo meets Sara, who just happens to have a Great Dane with the correct markings. He decides that she will have the answers he seeks. However, neither Sara nor her neighbors will talk about the man Fargo is looking for - named Hawk.
Chiricahua Apache Indians visit Megan and Sara and refer to them as Indian princesses. The reader finds out why the Carters were attacked 6 years before. If you have done any genealogy, you know there were no such things in the North American Original Peoples history. To use such a phrase showed that the author did not do her research.
These Apache have captured Fargo Tanner more dead than alive. Sara demands that Tanner be released to her and she promises that if he lives, he will come to fight his captor, Ocha. The story is eventful; there are surprises, twists and interesting characters.
However, the story starts down a trail, stops, drops that thread and starts down another path (Tom Tanners relationship with his two sons is an early example. The fact that Charles Carter (Saras father) is a half-breed is another dangling string.) Then, oddities are added to the mix; Rose, one of Saras friends, is captured by an outlaw. Why?
I thought this story had lots of potential that sometimes got lost. It was a very uneven book.
