When a canine lover is murdered, sleuth Holly Winter discovers his double life. But who can explain the odd behavior of his family? What was his strange connection to a local legend who died centuries ago—and how can Holly muzzle the killer before he strikes again?

The reality of frontier life in Kansas in 1872 becomes brutally clear to twelve-year-old Coady McIlvain when his father is scalped by hostile Indians and Coady is taken prisoner. Coady is determined to escape and does so, falling in with a buffalo sharpshooter named Dylan Griffith, whom he sees as the embodiment of his hero, Buffalo Bill Cody, a role in which the circumspect Griffith feels himself totally inadequate.

The two face real adventure

A chief's son is willing to accept his bloody destiny—but struggles with forbidden desire—in this series finale from the New York Times–bestselling author.

Threatened by the ever-encroaching Bluecoats, the Oglala Lakotas must strike hard and fast to ensure their tribe's survival. With the cunning and bravery befitting a chief's son, War Eagle leads his hunting party on a raid, killing many soldiers and taking