The Second Son (Avalon Western)

About this book

When Jose Juan Garcias father arranges an alliance with a local tribe of Comanches to protect the Garcias livestock Jose is part of the deal; he is traded for a Comanche girl to cement the bonds between his family and her people. He grows up among the Comanches and becomes a true member of the tribe. Upon his fathers death Jose returns home. When his older brother is murdered Jose embarks on a trail of vengeance through the mountains of the American West hunting the savage trapper who fled the scene. In the adventure that follows Jose joins the Shoshone and shares a forbidden love with the beautiful Chilsipee who is betrothed to another; joins a party that opens the Santa Fe Trail; learns the shocking truth about his brothers death; and marries Amada the Comanche girl for whom he was traded as a boy to start a new life in the wilderness.