The Awakening Fire
Five Stars, May 2004, 26.95, 374 pp.
ISBN: 1594142033
In 1882 New Mexico Territory, traveling nuns from the Sister of Charity accompanied by a novice find the near dead body of half-breed Christian Ladino lying next to a corpse. The women provide aid to Christian taking him to their St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe. However, when Christian holds a sister as hostage, the novice Adela Fremont bravely intercedes.
As Christian heals, he and Adel...