The Fire Arrow: A Barnaby Skye Novel: 14 (Skye's West 14)

Barnaby Skye the most durable and unforgettable character in modern Western fiction returns in this harrowing tale of survival from his early years in the Rockies. In the midst of a brutal winter Skyes beloved Crow Indian wife Victoria is critically wounded when a Blackfeet raiding party attacks a Crow hunting camp. Despite Skyes attempts at doctoring Victorias life hangs in the balance as the two left alone in the frozen wilderness struggle to survive cold and starvation.Miraculously an old mare and her foal wander into their camp. Victoria believes they have been sent by her spirit guide and finds the strength to ride. Skye and his wife make their way toward Victorias home village on the Musselshell River. Breaking winter trail is a slow and laborious process but at the end of the journey they will find peace. Or will they? Skyes love of whiskey puts his life and Victorias in peril when they encounter a renegade band of Yankee traders taking a wagon-load of a cheap and poisonous raw alcohol to trade among the Indians. Their leader a former West Point officer forces Skye to guide them but all the while the legendary mountain man plots to ruin their deadly enterprise.In The Fire Arrow Richard S. Wheeler has fashioned an unforgettable tale of love and survival in the unforgiving wilderness of the American West.