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"A good work of historical fiction"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 25, 2003

The New Mexico Mescalero Indians raised Rachel as one of their own after her father abandoned her. However, unable to ignore her white heritage and fearing her love for Swift Buck, Silent Wind left the tribe to live in the white world. She not only deserted the people Read more...

"Highly emotional read!"
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted July 7, 2003

Rachel Brodie has had a hard lifestyle. Her trapper father gave her to the Mescalero Indians when she was a very small child. She was adopted by a couple who named her Silent Wind because she couldn't talk due to her abandonment. Swift Buck was her adopted brother but Read more...

Summary

Abandoned by her father, Rachel Brodie is adopted by the Mescalero Indians. Silent Wind she is called; and the smoldering eyes of Swift Buck urge her to drop all pretense of being White, to accept her destiny. Unable to let go of the past, Rachel flees.

When she returns, the U.S. government has been mistreating the Mescaleros, and Rachel is prepared to fight. She'd heard Swift Buck had been killed, but here he is. And he wastes no time in using her as a hostage against the Federal soldiers. Yet this abduction is a chance to prove that she will always be one of the People. Now, if Swift Buck asks, she will not only walk into the fire; she will let it consume her.