Touch the Sky knew nothing of his people’s enemies when he returned to the life of the Cheyenne. But during his first buffalo hunt a band of Comanche attacked the tribe. Soon the silence of the prairie was shattered by the cries of the wounded and dying. Touch the Sky and his brother warriors had to fend off the vicious war party—or they would be slaughtered like the mighty beasts of the plains.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Judd Cole is the pseudonym used by John Edward Ames (who has also written 31 books as Judd Cole including the popular Cheyenne series) lives in New Orleans and has been a fulltime writer since 1986, when he sold his first novel, The Force. Since quitting his job teaching English composition at the University of New Mexico, he has written 83 published books (and six more as a ghostwriter). He has written one nonfiction book, The Real Deadwood, as John Ames. He is also a freelance journalist and has appeared in many national and large urban newspapers, Including The Christian Science Monitor, as well as dozens of Web sites. "More than anybody now writing about that long-ago time and place of the Old West, John Edward Ames most reminds me of my old friend and mentor, Will Henry. I can truly think of no higher compliment to give either man." Terry C. Johnston, author of Winter Rain
The Cheyenne series of historical westerns remains the only long-running westerns series in which I've read every volume. There were a total of 22 volumes. The author, Judd Cole, is someone I know, and he is a professional writer who writes both quickly and well. These books are told from the Cheyenne point of view, with a native American character who was raised by whites but returns to the Cheyenne as a young man. He is not completely accepted there either, and he finds many adventures on his way to being accepted by his people.
These are fast paced stories with a sympathetic hero and a lot of action and adventure. I highly recommend them all.