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Cañon de los Embudos, Mexico - It's 1886 and General George Crook is holding a peace conference with the last wild band of Apache renegades and their chief, Geronimo. The Apaches are expected to lay down their arms and go peacefully to Arizona - until Geronimo disappears into the night with a small band of warriors. A treaty with Mexico allows the U.S. Army to track the hostiles into Mexican territory. General Nelson A. Miles replaces General Crook and oversees the final effort to come to terms with the renegades. Russell Norwood, a courier, and chief of scouts Tom Horn are assigned to accompany Captain Henry W. Lawton's pursuit of Geronimo into northern Mexico. Intrigue thickens with Horn's intention to kill Norwood during the course of the mission. Stopping in a Mexican village, Norwood meets Elena, a most unusual and beautiful woman who will come to play a key role in protecting the Indians once they have agreed to surrender...
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About Tim Champlin
Tim Champlin is
an American writer who has authored over twenty Western novels. He was born in
Fargo, North Dakota, and grew up in the western United States, where he wrote
short stories and magazine articles before beginning to write longer works of
fiction. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State in 1960 and earned his MA
from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, four years later.
From 1970–1994 he worked in the Veteran’s Administration in Nashville. His
writing is sometimes attributed to John Michael Champlin. His novel The Secret of Lodestar was selected by
the Western Writers of America as a finalist for a Spur Award. He currently
resides in Georgia with his wife and children.