Once a generation, an Indian brave is given the opportunity
to save his clan, a clan that's been banished to live in a
mist for killing the children of the Thunder god. This
brave is to go out into the world to be adopted by another
Indian tribe. It's only through an unselfish act of
kindness toward an enemy that the mist can be broken and
his people set free. It must be done before he reaches 30
years of age, and in 1835, this warrior is Grey Coyote.
Grey Coyote's 30th year is nearing, and he's yet to find
the right path to free his people. As he prays to his
Spirit protector for guidance, Grey Coyote sees a vision
and is given a riddle. Solve the riddle and his people will
be set free; fail and he will prove himself unworthy. Grey
Coyote is but a simple man and does not understand this
riddle.
Fourteen years ago, Englishwoman Marietta Welsford was sent
to the American West by her scheming uncle after the
untimely death of her parents. Recently, she's heard from a
solicitor that legal queries were made, and it was
discovered that her uncle has never been the rightful heir
of her family's estate. Upon Marietta's fast approaching
18th birthday, she must claim her inheritance or lose it to
her deceitful uncle. To do so, she must return to England
immediately.
In the Minnetree Village, Grey Coyote wins Marietta in a
game of COS-SOO. It's with great apprehension, but great
need, that Marietta asks Grey Coyote for help. She must get
to St. Louis quickly, but he will take her only as far as
the next white man's post. Even though Grey Coyote finds
Marietta to be the most enchanting, most desirable woman
he's ever seen, he must leave her untouched, the only
honorable thing to do. Courting a woman has no place in his
life, unless she's a part of his quest.
Their journey is one of beauty, discovery and knowledge.
Grey Coyote and Marietta understand they are each on a
different path. But soon their purposes blend together and
thought of life without each other seems almost unbearable.
Grey Coyote's gentle words of comfort resonate in their
minds and hearts for, when they part, it's not what they'll
be losing, but what they do with the time they have
together now, no matter how brief it may be.
Karen Kay has once again gifted us with a story,
shot by Grey Coyote's arrow, straight to the heart. She
breathes life and beauty into characters we'll long hold
dear. With her unique style, we experience the beauty of
nature, the wisdom of survival and the tenderness of the
Native American heart. THE SPIRIT OF THE WOLF is a wondrous
love story that will touch your heart as it did mine. It's
an overwhelming gift.
To break the curse that keeps his people enslaved, Grey
Coyote must gain ownership of something belonging to his
enemy. And he does: a golden-haired beauty named Marietta
Welsford.
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