A love between two very different men is put to the test. John Strobaw, a young mixed-blood, grows up in the relative security of a family farm after the Civil War. His mother raises her family as Americans, but his foster brother, Matthew Brandt feels his red blood more keenly and leaves to ride with Crazy Horse. John doesn’t understand the longing he feels for his absent companion until he has his first sexual experience with a man and he only thinks of Matthew. After the murder of Crazy Horse, Matthew makes his way back home. John fights hard against a growing lust for Matthew, but when he ultimately succumbs, he is lost to this handsome, dusky warrior. Just when the future looks bright, another suitor appears -- a handsome Cheyenne army scout, and trouble looms on the horizon.

Echoes of the Flute

After Crazy Horse’s murder in 1877, the Red Cloud Agency was moved up on the Missouri in the Dakota Territory. Instead of thousands of tribesmen who once inhabited the area, I saw only a few tipis and lodgings on the perimeter of the military fort.


While the jail wagon made straight for the flagpole flying the American flag, I headed for the nearest skin lodging.


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