"In Aurora Crossing by best-selling author Karl H. Schlesier, a young man-an outsider by upbringing and ancestry-becomes embroiled in the Nez Perces War of 1877. His quest to find identity and belonging in the clash of cultures takes him on the historic 1,200-mile Nez Perces trek from Idaho toward refuge in Canada. 'A satisfying, ethnographically detailed coming-of-age novel.'-Kirkus Reviews"
"Employing an authentic map from 1805 and decades of research into Cheyenne culture, Karl H. Schlesier pens a tale as remarkable for its historical detail as for the intensity of its storytelling.Whirlwind, the twin brother of Stone, disappears during a raid into northeastern New Spain. So Stone brings together Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Gataka warriors to go after his missing brother-but there are many things between earth and sky that oppose his quest."
