""At seventeen years old, Odell Spurling is taller than most men and all to ready to be treated like one. But nothing could prepare him for the Comanche raid that leaves him without a home or family. The girl he loves, Red Wing Wilson, was once a Comanche herself-- stolen as a child and raised among Texans. With a promise to return to her, he sets off for revenge. To get her back, he'll have to contend with an unforgiving land, a sword-brandishing Prussian, and a Comanche warrior who has sworn to take his scalp.""-- P. [4] of cover.