Entrenched on a poorly sheltered island, many of Seamus Donegan's crack squad of Army scouts lie dead - and many more are dying. Led by Colonel George Forsythe, fifty seasoned plainsmen have combed the Colorado Territory in search of Cheyenne. Along a fork of the Republican River, these brave men suddenly find themselves outnumbered twenty to one. Now Donegan, his fellow scouts and his long-lost uncle are trapped - and under attack. Together the dwindling band awaits a heroic last-minute rescue from the merciless nine-day siege - known today as the Battle of Beecher Island...
Author Biography
Terry C. Johnston was born on the first day of 1947 on the plains of Kansas, and has lived all his life in the American West. His first novel, Carry the Wind, won the Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award from the Western Writers of America, and his subsequent books have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the country. He lives and writes in Big Sky country near Billings, Montana.
