Ashes of Heaven Book

Terry C. Johnston's extraordinary series continues - with the bold characters, vivid historical detail, and fierce battles that enthrall his millions of fans.

They came from the fires of the Civil War, from the thrilling hills of the Eastern states, and some from out of the West's rugged mountains. For two decades, they fought for an open land, and earned the name . . . The Plainsmen

The U.S. Army's goal: wipe out the remnants of scattered, starving people on the frontier's Northern Plain. But before Colonel Nelson A. Miles, the Bear Coat, launched his campaign into the heart of Indian country, the commander took one last stab at negotiations - and called on a Cheyenne woman and the famous half-breed pony scout named Johnny Bruguier. Together, they traveled to urge the Sioux to surrender. But a personal grudge exploded in the ranks of the U.S. Army. Now, as a man and a woman risk their lives for peace, the culmination of the great Sioux War is set in motion, as the Bear Coat takes on the last of the fierce Lakota warriors . . .