Winner - Evvy Award - Legacy. Finalist - IPPY Award - Multi-cultural Fiction. Based upon exhaustive research and collaboration with the Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation Committee, author Vicki Hessel Werkley's debut novel thunders across the 1874 plains of Texas and Oklahoma. While the Red River War rages, the personal drama of Carrie McEdan unfolds as she's abducted from the harsh wind-torn life she's known in a soddy, and is swept into Comanche tribal life.