Sacred Ground

A love lost, a frontier fading, and a destiny written in the dust of the American West.

After the tragic death of his Crow Indian wife, Graham Davidson is left adrift, searching for a purpose that always seems just out of reach. His journey leads him to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, where he crosses paths with Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley, and other legends. He meets an aspiring horsewoman named Grace, whose friendship awakens feelings he thought were buried forever.

Beyond the spectacle of the arena, an Indian prophet inspires the Ghost Dance, a religion that sweeps across the plains. Fearing an uprising from the Lakota Sioux, the government tries to suppress the movement, and tension rises on the reservations.

Graham finds a temporary home with the Wild West, but his heart is restless. Torn between a possible future with Grace and the haunting pull of an uncertain trail, he leaves the show.

But fate calls him once more-this time to Wounded Knee, where a Sioux child he once saved faces grave danger.

If you like sweeping frontier adventures, unforgettable history, and emotional journeys, then you'll love Sacred Ground: The Vanishing Frontier.

(362 pages)

David Allan Galloway grew up in rural Pennsylvania near Gettysburg. After a long career in the paper industry and writing the bestselling business non-fiction book Safety WALK Safety TALK, he decided to follow a once dormant dream of writing a novel. He enjoys reading about adventurers and explorers, traveling internationally, riding a recumbent tandem bike, and spending time with his grandsons.

David is currently working on the sequel to Burning Ground, tentatively titled Fatal Ground. He lives in Springboro, Ohio with his wife Leesa.

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