A Quest Into Legend

From the moment he laid eyes on it, young Beaver of the Elk-dog People felt drawn to the spirit of the pipestone. Now he’s setting out on a vision quest to the only place the red stone can be mined: the Pipestone Quarry. Traveling with a trader’s young family, Beaver learns the ways of barter as he follows the trade routes–and his inner guides–to an adventure that may cost his life. For Beaver must uncover the pipestone’s secret to break a curse that has suddenly befallen their traveling party. And he must stand between a merciless warrior people and a breakaway band of their former neighbors, among whom is the beautiful widow Pale Moon. Is Pale Moon the final curse that stands between Beaver and the pipestone–or the sign he needs to complete his quest?

Recently selected by True West magazine as the “best living western historical novelist,” and with nearly six million copies of his critically acclaimed novels in print, Don Coldsmith is one of today’s bestselling authors of the North American frontier.