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"The history is strong, the characters sharply drawn, and the narrative moves along like a locomotive." --Loren D. Estleman In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, Trail Angel, award-winning journalist Derek Catron weaves a thrilling tale of three unforgettable characters: Josey Angel, a Union cavalryman struggling to set aside a violent past; Annabelle Rutledge, a Southern war widow who found love in the West but little peace; and a Sioux determined to earn his warrior name -- Crazy Horse. After Annabelle is seized in a bloody Indian attack, Josey goes on a soul-searing rampage to rescue her. While Crazy Horse plots to kill the white men on his people's land, he's tormented by an unrequited love that tears at his sense of honor.
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DEREK CATRONBorn: March 22Occupation: Managing Editor, Daytona Beach News-Journal; novelistHome: Daytona Beach, FloridaDerek Catron was born in Alexandria, Virginia, but his family moved to the suburbs outside Detroit, Michigan, by the time he started school. After his parents divorced, he lived in a Northern Kentucky suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, and finished high school outside Orlando, Florida. He attended the University of Florida, where he spent more time working at the student newspaper - The Independent Florida Alligator - than he did attending classes.He started his career as a sports writer and switched to news before the experience destroyed his love of games. He worked at the Orlando Sentinel and Daytona Beach News-Journal, and his stories as an investigative reporter and feature writer have won numerous awards. He now serves as the News-Journal's managing editor.Derek is married with a teenage daughter. He spends his free time reading, exercising and watching Florida Gator sports. He's backpacked throughout the West. He and wife, Lori, enjoy traveling and were married in Italy. Rather than pay to mail the wedding garb back to Florida, they sported tux and dress on a villa overlooking the Bay of Naples, in a horse carriage in Florence and a gondola in Venice. The site of the legal ceremony is a closely guarded family secret.Derek's idea to write Trail Angel emerged following a holiday to Spain and assurances from Lori that she wouldn't leave him on becoming a "book widow" during the two years it took to research and write his first novel. Part of one summer was spent camping along the emigrant trail to Montana. Lori has maintained her vow, and a sequel, Angel Falls, is forthcoming. Check back on this website to read an excerpt.
