Zephyr Trails

<p>Follow sixteen-year-old Ellis Cady as she continues her<strong> journey</strong> in this <strong>sequel to award-winning</strong> <strong><em>Ellis River!</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>The fine line between friends and enemies blurs as Ellis Cady sets out to reach the new frontier of <strong>post-Civil War America</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>After waiting out winter at the Cady ranch in southern <strong>Missouri</strong> hope blooms in the <strong>Spring of 1866</strong>. Ellis receives news of a mysterious man arriving in <strong>St. Louis</strong>. Will she find her <strong>father</strong> alive and well or finally put his memory to rest? </p><p><br></p><p>Grasping at the illusive promise of her father's whereabouts Ellis is distracted by the intrepid<strong> trick rider</strong> Jimmie a woman who rides with Levi Jack's <strong>Wild West Exhibition</strong>. Then talk of reinstating a messenger service akin to the <strong>Pony Express</strong> rekindles a faded dream. Since the <strong>war's</strong> devastation important letters and messages still need to get through a <strong>western</strong> landscape governed by <strong>Indians</strong> and <strong>outlaws</strong>. When an untimely<strong> epidemic</strong> threatens Ellis finds herself back in the saddle a <strong>young woman</strong> and her <strong>horse</strong> on a perilous <strong>trail</strong>. </p><p><br></p>