The Lone Trail Author:Mary Howard The past has a funny way of catching up with a man; at least that is what Captain Matthew Horn has found out. It's 1870, and for the ex-Confederate officer, the War Between the States is a distant, but not forgotten, memory. Phantoms from what seem like another world plague his soul, and when he returns to his home after the war, he is faced w... more »ith the stunning realization that life as he knew it before the war is dead to him now. His house has been pillaged, his wife and young child taken prisoner and believed dead--as are his hopes for a bright future. Horn becomes a man of the mountains hoping for an escape from his demons. When a winter storm suddenly unleashes its fury on the lonely man, he and his stallion CoChise find themselves trapped in a blizzard. After nearing death, Horn finally makes his way to the nearest town only to discover that a wagon train is trapped on the pass with women and children left to suffer and fight to stay alive. Horn quickly gathers a search party and begins to lead them back up the trail. This is a story that weaves together the fates of a group of brave settlers, bonding them for life. Matt Horn will need to use all his knowledge and training to make it down The Lone Trail.« less