A Land of Sheltered Promise

Out of the Wilderness... Three Women. Three Eras. Three Miracles. 1901 Plagued by loneliness on the Big Muddy Ranch, a sheepherder's wife awaits the outcome of her husband's trial for murder. He is sentenced to life in prisonand she to life without him. But a startling event could redeem their pasts and transform their future. 1984 Against a backdrop of attempted murder, federal indictments, and the first case of bio-terrorism in the U.S., one woman seeks to rescue her granddaughter from within the elaborate compound of a cult that has claimed the land. 1997 On the much-reviled, abandoned cult site, one woman's skepticism turns to hope when she finds that what was meant to destroy can be used to rebuildand in the process realizes a long-held dream. For three women seekers united across time, a remote and rugged stretch of land in the Pacific Northwest proves to be a place where miracles really happenand the gifts of faith, hope, and charity are as tangible as rocks, rivers, and earth. Based on True Stories. From the Trade Paperback edition.

<b>Jane Kirkpatrick</b> is the best-selling author of two non-fiction books and ten historical novels including the award-winning <i>A Name of Her Own,</i> a finalist for the 2003 Oregon Book Awards, <i>Every Fixed Star</i>, and <i>Hold Tight the Thread</i>. Her novel <i>A Sweetness to the Soul</i> earned the Wrangler Award from the Western Heritage and National Cowboy Museum for the Outstanding Western Novel of 1995. She and her husband of twenty-eight years, Jerry, ranch in Eastern Oregon.