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Love, bravery and death amid the savage fury of winter in the high Rockies...one of the greatest tragedies of the American frontier.
When his wife sacrifices her life to save a Mormon missionary from being brutally tarred and feathered, Carn Tregale determines to find out more about this new American religion. Lost and alone, the Crimean War veteran accepts an offer to help lead a company of Mormon converts to America.
On the sailing ship Horizon he finds an attraction growing between himself and Heather Lee, a refined young woman who is leaving behind the glitter and glamour of London´s high society. The pair find themselves drawn closer together during the tortuous trek across the western wilderness to Utah territory.
The company of improvished converts pull rickety handcarts across thirteen hundred miles of praries, mountains and raging rivers only to become trapped by the savage fury of early winter storms. The lines of the dead become longer as members of the ill-fated Edward Martin company battle starvation, blizzards, and sub-zero cold.
With the certainty of death closing around them, some discover inner strength, some find new love, and all cling to a desperate hope that somehow they will survive. |
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The largest military force in American history marches to conquer Utah territory...but guerilla warfare erupts and vicious storms trap the U.S. soldiers in the high Rockies through a disastrous seige.
It is the summer of 1857, a fateful year in Utah´s territorial history. Amid a seedy swirl of corruption and treason in Washington, an army is secretly ordered to Utah. Colonel Albert Johnston is humiliated as Utah raiders burn army wagon trains, destroy thousands of tons of vital supplies, and run off herds of cattle and horses. Crippled by these tactics, and the onslaught of an early winter, the army is forced to endure savage months trapped in the high Rockies.
Carn Tregale is drawn into the role of liaison between the opposing forces, caught between the anger of the embittered army commander and the stubborn determination of territorial authorities not to submit to this federal invatsion. In this compelling sequel to the best-selling novel, Fire in the Snow, we are again caught up in the lives of the hardy group of emigrants who survived the tragic crossing of the Martin handcart company the previous winter.
Fire and Fury is a stirring saga of people caught in the desperate struggle to preserve their way of life and avoid a bloody war with the states. |
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A storm of crime, vice and violent death engulfs Utah Territory as Carn Tregale is caught in a cauldron of hatred and intrique.
Little more than a month ago an army of embittered U.S. troops marched into the Salt Lake valley. In their path spring up saloons, gambling dens and brothels everywhere as thousands of rough teamsters and riffraff prowl the streets, drunk with whiskey and hate. No one is safe from the stabbings, brawls and murders.
Carn Tregale walks a tight-rope through negotiations with angry Indian chiefs, kidnapped white children, showdowns with rival rustler gangs, and bitter confrontations between Mormon settlers and the army. Then he discovers his marriage is in jeopardy as his wife, Heather, is pursued by an army officer.
The small group of friends who call themselves "Tregale´s Twenty" are all caught in the violence and lawlessness. Young Beryl Tate discovers the theater stage leads to brothells in Frogtown. Her twin brothers join a youthful gang of rustlers and become involved in murder. Derek Pitts falls in love with a sixteen-year-old girl and must cope with his wife´s bitter opposition to polygamy. Jim Wilson is horrified to learn how police solve the problem of too many prisoners. Angry Indian nations, bent on revenge, go on a rampage leaving terror and death in their wake. Soul Fire is the saga of temptations and trials in a desperate attempt to hold on to values under assault during the turbulent military occupation of Utah territory. |
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