We WALK in FOOTPRINTS Book Three

Book excerpt: After months of separation, Jenny and Daniel welcome Austin’s return to the house on Summit Avenue. During his absence, Jenny and Daniel found solace in traditions on the reservation. A more prudent Austin steps cautiously into Seneca ways, until he meets Jack Nelson, an Anglo business owner married to Star of the Turtle clan. Jack becomes his guide into the mysteries of life on the reservation. Sightings of the spirit of Wren Welborne an early settler in the Lands of the Twin Springs compels Jenny to read the journal Daniel has discovered. Within the journal’s cover, she comes upon documentation vital to decades-old, land claims disputes. She must seek out legal experts in whom she could entrust this journal. A downturn in the business climate forces Austin to accept a promising position in Western Canada. With mixed emotions, Jenny and Daniel follow Austin to an up-scale, townhouse community near the university where Daniel is enrolled. In his first semester, Daniel encounters a segment of academia hostile to American influences on established Canadian culture. Trapped in the bitter cold and perpetual darkness of a far-north winter, Jenny becomes ill. Daniel is abducted; his friend, Raine a Métis gravely injured. Stick it out, or flee for their home country? Accommodations this family must come to.