While researching the atrocities committed during the Apache Wars, university graduate Moneen Murphy learns of her great-great grandmother's key role in easing the tensions between the Pima tribe and the U.S. Army.
Tracing the relationship between her grandmother and the natives, Moneen begins a journey into the unknown. As she slowly discovers the truth, dark secrets and ghosts of the past are brought into the modern era with catastrophic force.
The story of this fateful chapter in America’s past reflects issues and events of the modern age, presented in an unforgettable, epic adventure.
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Dr. Israel Galvan was just about to enter the shutdown command on his PC when he was irritated by the knock on the door. It was 2 PM on Good Thursday and he was certain the college faculty building was nearly deserted. He regretted having to stop by on the way to the airport to catch his flight but there was overdue paperwork he had to submit. He was hoping to sneak in and out undetected but found his prayer would go unanswered.
“Dr. Galvan? I’m so sorry to be coming by at the last minute, but I wanted to have a word.”
“No problem,” Galvan’s eyes softened. “C’mon in, have a seat.” Moneen Murphy laid her black leather Gucci carrying case on the
floor next to the chair facing Galvan’s large oak desk in his austere office at UMKC. It afforded a beautiful view of the grounds outside the College of Social Studies where he held a position instructing students pursuing their doctorate in American History.
“I’ve decided on my thesis, but wasn’t quite sure how to present it and I thought you might be able to give me some advice,” she proposed.
“You’re not really going to lock yourself in for the Easter holiday to work on your paper,” Galvan squinted through his gold-rimmed glasses. He was a stately, rotund man with thick gray hair and beard, sporting a hound’s tooth sport coat and dark sweater in the Missouri spring.
