"Win Blevins has long since won his place among the West's very best."— Tony Hillerman. NY Times Bestselling author, Win Blevins, brings us this latest extraordinary historical adventure. Mountain men explored the wide-eyed wilderness, crossed the Rockies, learned the ways of Native Americans, married Indian women and had families, trekked to the Pacific, and became the stuff of legends. To survive, they understood that they were part of the natural world and its rhythms. But that fresh world was changing, and it was time to find a place where mountain men, and their mixed-race families, could call home. “Fans of the Rendezvous Series, it need hardly be said, will enjoy DREAMS BENEATH YOUR FEET! Through clever storytelling, and the seamless insertion of important background information, Blevins has made sure that readers unfamiliar with the series can follow each story, easily.”— Booklist ……. Eighteen years have passed since Sam Morgan came West from Pennsylvania and learned the perilous business of trapping in the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Now, in 1840, that world has gone. Sam Morgan decides to return to California, with his daughter Esperanza, to start a new life. The golden land holds a harsh memory, but friends convince him that his destiny, and that of his mixed-race family, lies on the Pacific shore. Meadowlark's uncle, Flat Dog, his family, and Hannibal MacKye, the half-Delaware Indian mountain man, join Sam and Esperanza for the journey west—they hope to trade for a herd of their Appaloosa horses to sell at a profit in California. On the Oregon Trail, Morgan encounters a terrified woman, Lei Palua, who has escaped the clutches of a lunatic called Kanaka Boy, whose ruthless gang has been terrifying Indian villages in the Northwest. Sam Morgan and his people take Lei Palua under their wing, unaware that her one-time lover, and now bloodthirsty nemesis, dogs her trail, vowing to kill her and all who stand in his way. When they dispense of Kanaka Boy, and their journey starts fresh, Sam comes to believe that his destiny truly is on the shores of the wild Pacific. Will his dreams of a family home, and acceptance for all, be fulfilled? Come along for the ride! "Blevins, a masterful storyteller, really piles on the action which is fast-paced and filled with the details of frontier life, the fur trade, and authentic Indian lore and beliefs.” – Publisher’s Weekly Readers who enjoyed ‘Lonesome Dove’ (Larry McMurtry) and ‘Stone Song’ (Win Blevins) will like DREAMS BENEATH YOUR FEET.