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Ruby Standing Deer’s saga of ancient Native Americans continues in Stones, Book Three. This book transports the reader back in time to when mustangs roamed free. Even then, however, there were those who would destroy these magnificent creatures. The story opens with the Hairy-faces having joined with the Likes to Fight People to hunt and destroy the mustangs.
River Song’s small family has dedicated their lives to protecting their four-legged relatives, the mustangs. From the very first lines, I could smell the grass, hear the animals, and feel the pounding of the hearts of those who loved the mustangs. The mustangs are drawn with great detail, accurate detail.
Far away in the Forest of Tall Trees a young girl dreams of mustangs and of a young boy named Singing Stone.
Ruby Standing Deer weaves the story of how these two groups of Native Americans come together, affecting not only the fates of the humans, but also the fates of the wolves and mustangs they love.
This book is more than just a story--though it is certainly a great story. Without sex and without graphic violence, Ruby Standing Deer depicts the hardships, the dangers, the joys and the loves of a people who believed that all of life was sacred. She gives the reader an insight into a culture and a people. This story, like Circles, Book 1, and Spirals, Book 2, is a story of love triumphant; a story of deep spirituality that infuses everyday occurrences.
If there was a higher rating than five stars, this book would certainly get it.
Product Description
Stones by Ruby Standing Deer
Evolved Publishing brings you another rare glimpse into ancient American Indian culture, with the third book in the Shining Light's Saga series by award-winning author Ruby Standing Deer. [DRM-Free]
[Historical Fiction, American Indian, Cultural Heritage]
In Book 3 of the saga of Shining Light’s people, the reader is swept into the changing world of ancient Native America. The peace that Shining Light and his family have enjoyed in the Land of the Tall Trees is shattered by his young daughter. Dove’s dream of mustangs, and of a young American Indian boy named Singing Stone, and his family known as the Mustang People, will not let her rest.
The coming of the wild mustangs blessed Singing Stone’s people with a better way of life, and now these beautiful creatures are being slaughtered. Spurred on by the discovery of the yellow stone, the Hairy-Faces join with the Likes to Fight People to drive out other bands. What better way to weaken the Mustang People than to capture or kill the mustangs? Singing Stone and his family fight to protect them, but what can three do against many?
Far away in the Land of Tall Trees, Dove still dreams of the mustang boy. Certain that her destiny is to be with him, young Dove begs her father to take her to him, back out onto the dangerous grasslands. Will they arrive in time to save Singing Stone and his people?
When an attack by the Likes to Fight People leaves all of their possessions destroyed, Singing Stone and his family join the Blue Sky People, and together they become the Blue Sky Mustang People. With winter and danger looming ever closer, the mustangs and their protectors must keep moving, even though it is the season to stay in one place. Can they stop the Likes to Fight People and the Hairy-Faces from killing the mustangs?
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Be sure to check out the first two books in this remarkable series, Circles and Spirals.
About the Author
AUTHOR: Ruby Standing Deer has been a wanderer, and a journeyman newspaper pressman. She's spent years rescuing animals and learning from them. They've taught her that life does not have to be so hard, if you go with the flow and not against it. Her life revolves around writing and her family, which includes, of course, her animals. Two car accidents in the mid-nineties changed Ruby's life. She resented it at first, until understanding that she'd simply been put on another path. It was not an easy one, and continues to be a challenge, but she accepted it, and learns with each step she takes. Ruby writes because she's compelled to pass on knowledge. Her first book, "Circles," is more than just a story of family, or of the people who first settled in the Americas. It is a story of spirituality and the simple humor of everyday life, but also of the fear of the unknown. Life presents us a path; how we choose to navigate that "circle" is up to us.
EDITOR: Lane Diamond has over 130 published books to his editing credit, including many multiple award-winners, across many genres and styles.
EDITOR: Lane Diamond has over 130 published books to his editing credit, including many multiple award-winners, across many genres and styles.
