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Brian Morgan dreams of something more than cattle ranching. Ever since his brother, Colton, and sister-in-law, Belle, were rescued after their plane crashed in the Colorado Rockies seven months ago, Brian’s discontent flared. Their lives seem so much richer and more exciting than his. Dealing with ornery cattle and the other thousands of mundane things required to maintain a large ranch pained his soul. He must get away. But where would a cattleman go, and what would he do to support himself?

Lexie Logan thought she could run from God and, like the prophet Jonah, faced a life storm of epic proportions. Lexie knows God has called her to the mission field of Guatemala as a missionary’s wife, but she has no intention of obeying. She has her own dreams: She wants to complete a Master’s degree program in music and to play violin for the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. As she waits to speak to an advisor, she pillows her head on her arms in the library of Kansas State University in June 2014, and wakes up in the back of a Conestoga wagon in June 1857.

Who are the near-mythical people called the Jindentors? Trezlandians and traders from the neighboring countries of Vindor and Binrom call them the Invisibles or Melting Ones and believe they can turn into rocks, trees, or birds of prey. A few whisper they are descendants of time-travelers. Many who trade with the Jindentors want to find the source of their healing silver water and the location of their silver mines. As war with Vindor and Binrom looms, Trezlandian King Laydor needs the Jindentor skills and tactical knowledge that saved his father’s kingdom four decades earlier.

The survivors have each other. ARABELLA "BELLE" ST. JOHN: city girl and daughter of wealthy, five-star restaurant owners. CAPTAIN ADAM SUTHERLAND: former fighter pilot turned commercial airline pilot. COLTON MORGAN: rancher and hunting outfitter. LIAM SWANSON: missionary's son and worship and praise leader. Will the four overcome their differences and pull together to live?

As Keena Listor travels toward Vindor with her new family, she knows she will be hated because of the physical differences that identify her as a foreigner and because of her refusal to worship at the altar of idols, but she hopes to postpone the conflict until she is established in her new home. Though King Galien and Crown Prince Terric honor her for her part in saving Vindorans from death by famine, she is not foolish enough to believe the king can command the hearts and minds of people whose loved ones died by Trezlandian swords.