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

He came up to face me, his teeth gleaming in the darkness as he smiled. “Did I do it as good as Timo Bowers?”


“Timo was a thing of my boyhood. That was a thing of my manhood.”


I was truthful. “Andre could have meant something to me if you hadn’t come along. But I hadn’t truly made love to anyone until that day in the glade on the south side of the Yanube. When you warned me what was going to happen, I almost ran away.”


“No. I found my man that day. An ozuye, a warrior who knew things and had seen things I never had. You gave me the gift of wisdom about myself along with your seed that day.”


“Hah! Now I will impart a little of my wisdom and a lot of my seed to you again. I have enough stored away to keep you busy all night.”


Chapter 100