Lost in Indian Country

About the Book

This story is about a soldier, Alvin Scott, who is ambushed by Indians while on patrol in the 1860s. The patrol is killed, but Alvin is just wounded badly and is unconscious. An Indian woman, who had been kicked out of her tribe, watches the ambush from a rocky crag high above the ambush. She comes to the scene after the Indians leave to scavenge anything she can use. She finds Alvin is alive and is lying on his rifle. She knows Alvin will be essential to her surviving if she can save him. She takes him back to a cave where she is living, tends to his wounds, and saves his life. They survive together, and gratitude slowly turns to like and like to love. This story is an adventure with several tragedies and love stories.

About the Author

William Post is the author of 31 novels. He was raised in West Texas, educated at Texas A.&M. and served in the U. S. Navy. After his service he worked as a surveyor with the Southern Pacific Railroad. This took him to the wilds of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. There he absorbed the lore of those states in which many of his novels are based. Post was educated as an engineer and retired as the chief engineer of the Long Beach California Water Department. Taking an early retirement, he started his career as a writer. Post has been to nearly every place he writes about so that the reader can feel what he felt and see what he’s seen. Post is an Evangelical Christian and his faith is shown in the fiber of his stories. Post now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife and extended family.