Alexander's Way

The Sun on the Mountains #2

by Tyler Trafford

In Book Two of The Sun On the Mountains trilogy, Alexander James, a Quaker pursued by his violent past in the American Revolution, begins a new life as a fur trader in the forests of northern Canada. Travelling west with his Nahathaway wife and explorer David Thompson to the prairie of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Alexander cannot resist being drawn into the thrilling horse raids and buffalo hunts, and then by the mysteries of the Piikani medicine ceremonies.

320 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

I’m an erratic writer.

My Start in Journalism.
I wrote for newspapers in the 1970's and early 80's as a reporter, editor and columnist in Calgary, Australia and Florida. Discontented, I took up more entertaining (better paying) careers.

I Try Creativity.
In 1993, I began writing biographies and histories before trying a creative, original species: novels. My first work of fiction, The Story of Blue Eye was shortlisted for the 2005 Grant McEwan Authors Award.

As a Loner.
I took a break from creativity until 2010 when I began Almost A Great Escape which swept all three awards for which it was nominated at the Alberta Writers’ Guild Awards in 2014. Then I took another break.

Shallow Rapids.
I began this small-town series about Analiese Drucker, Journeyman Welder in 2020. Three books later, she still has me laughing as she discovers science accidently revealed inside love.

“Didn't know you were a closet 22 year old girl. But it works,” an agent fri friend tells me. Not true, but I like writing first person stories and, consequently, Analiese has become a voice in my head ... and a friend.

I live on the Oldman River near Pincher Creek, Alberta, where my wite, Judy, ride and I our horses in the Rockies and the Porcupine Hills.