Judith Victoria Douglas

Within the Sacred Circle: a Native American Connection (Where the Horses Run) Judith Victoria Douglas

If a hidden tribe did exist separate from the Lakhota nation, in order to keep their sacred stories and way of life when the great scourge came to destroy them, and with full knowledge of the timeless valley never found, they may have lived as the Sni Taniya. And they might have known the Ancients of their Ancestors and expected the guardians of that valley to still exist. Into that world a great mystery crept. The occurrences began in a small area of east Texas, but its roots were in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the sacred heartbeat of Native American Indian tradition. And the guardians are still watching. Taken from the pages of the series "Where the Horses Run" ~ "Book I Mass Extinction", "Book II Sacred Hills", "Book III Ciphers" and "Realms of the Earth" (prequel) ~ are ten short stories. Together they tell about a historical tribe of Lakhota beginning over three hundred years ago. Each is a story unto itself, but as a whole, they read like chapters in this novella. Presented in chronological order as they happened during the time period they occurred, not as presented in the novels. Most are embellished to round out the stories.  Quote: He watched the distant bird figure glide into the sun's glare from this blade tip as a rush of power caught inside of him.
It pulled his sense of self up and up so fast where, for the briefest instant, he glanced downward as the hawk called to the warrior below.
The power grabbed him again trapping his breath as the rush pulled downward putting him instantly back into himself.
He faltered in his step with no strength left, sinking slightly off balance onto a knee.
"Augh," escaped him with his breath as he fell forward stopping complete collapse with the palm of his hand, rupturing already injured flesh on the small jagged stones.
Leaning dizzily he closed his eyes putting his other hand on his forehead resting its weight on his elbows in the gravel.  He blinked staring at the ground until the vertigo subsided.