Born into a society tolerant of homosexuals, River Otter is confused by the white culture’s persecution of such men. As the war begins to wind down, Otter leaves the only home he has ever known to help Major James Morrow, commandant of Ft. Yanube, build a farm north of the fort. He begins a new life with the handsome major while coming to grips with growing hostility toward natives and rising danger from a local militia bent on eliminating all bloods from the territory.<br><br>As his physical attraction for the blond soldier slowly grows into a love perilous to both of them, Otter is distracted by personal challenges. As he struggles to survive the social and political upheaval sweeping the plains, can remain true to his own set of values?

River Otter

“You are an unusual Indian,” he said one evening as I was reading the Holy Bible.


“You read and comprehend. You know a lot about many things.”


I chuckled. “I know a little about many things.”


“There were educated Indians back home,” Bella said. “Many of the Cherokee were quite well educated before President Jackson expelled them.”


“Not all of them left. Some managed to stay behind. I knew a few.”


“I was educated by a friend, a man who was known as a teacher from Fort Ramson to Fort Yanube. His name was Billy Strobaw.”


“I’ve heard of him,” Andre said. “I think we halted at the place where he lived on the way to Yanube City.”


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