Storm Gold

Storm Testament #9

by Lee Nelson

In 1610, while the pligrims were tip-toeing onto the rocky New England coast, Spanish adventurers and Catholic priests were riding their mules north from Santa Fe in a quest for gold and baptisms. One of the last adn largest Spanish settlements was located on what is now the Ute Indian Reservation at Rock Creek. According to Ute legends, the biggest slaughter of white men by Indians didn't occur at the Little Big Horn, but at Rock Creek, where in 1840 nearly one thousand Spaniards were slaughtered by Indians, ending once and for all the era of the Spanish gold seekers. This story is about that last great battle, told through the eyes of Utah's favorite writer of historical fiction, Lee Nelson.

Genres: Lds Fiction, Historical Fiction, Westerns, Lds, Historical, Fiction, Adventure

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Lee Nelson's historical novels have sold hundreds of thousands of copies since his first novel was released in 1981. Nelson has also published a score of non-fiction works including the top-selling Beyond the Veil series.
Nelson is widely respected for his historical research which includes killing a buffalo from the vack of a galloping horse with a bow and arrow.
Nelson was born in Logan, Utah, but spent most of his childhood in California. After serving an LDS mission in Germany, he earned a bachelor's degree in English and a Masters Degree in Business, both from Brigham Young University. He was a speech writer in Philadelphia and a car dealer in Montana before beginning his career as an author.
Lee lives on a small farm in central Utah. His hobbies include team roping, big game hunting, and finding and exploring ancient Indian ruins.

Reviews

[Daisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it but I wish there could've been more on what happened after the battle.

[Jaime · Rating 2 out of 5]

I hade never heard nor read any of Lee Nelson's works until I moved to Oregon in 2006. I picked up this book in a resale shop mainly because I love stories of the west and the topic of the Spanish presence in the Rockies. This was an enjoyable tale full of colorful chrarters and history.

[James Hansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting stuff about the Spanish in the Rockies.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting. I think I liked Nelson's other books from the Storm series better. But this was still a fun read.

[Daniel Shepard]

Spanish gold hidden by Utes, 1610 while the pilgrims are messing around in new England Spanish adventures and catholic priest come up from Santa Fe. they settle in Ute territory which is now a reservation called rock creek in Utah as the Spaniards try to use the natives as slaves and make them mine gold the natives resist and the greatest slaughter of white men comes to be.