Stag-Heart Book One

By Tom Frye

The story about a drug deal gone south on a reservation up north.14-year-old Ryan MacNeil is a good kid. Unlike most of the delinquents, Frye writes about in his stories, Ryan is proud of the fact that he's never crossed that line. He has goals to be just like his father one day, the Sheriff of Riverview, North Dakota. But when he ventures into Stag-Heart Woods to rescue his friends runaway dog, he stumbles upon the bloody aftermath of a shoot-out. He discovers two men sprawled there in the woods, one a dead FBI agent, the other an unconscious Lakota man from nearby Stone Ridge Reservation. To Ryan, everything about the killing points in the direction of the Lakota man. Tallman Thunder Hawk, was just recently released from the state pen, having served ten years for the drunk driving accident that killed a young white woman. A woman who happened to have been Tall's teacher on the rez. A real powerhouse when it came to Native Rights activity. She also happened to be young Ryan MacNeil's mother. To Ryan, it is obvious that Tall has killed again. He wants to see that he is punished for his mom's death and now also for murdering the Federal agent. But Dawn Red Feather, a young Lakota juvenile delinquent, has witnessed the shooting and she brings Ryan evidence that would clear Tall of the murder. Ryan's conflict is he does not want Tall cleared, and badly wants to see him punished for his mom's senseless, tragic death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492817600
• ISBN13: 9781492817604
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"