Baptiste Lightbody had found the beautiful young girl named Maggie in Missouri Territory. Shunned by a world that called him a helf-breed and her a witch, they struck out together into the wildernss after the same fierce dream: a paradise of their own. But ahead of them lay dangers: brutal river pirates, rampaging Indian renegades, and a secret that followed them into the virgin forest.
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