Language of the Bear (Tomahawk and Saber) (Volume 1)

In the hostile wilderness of Colonial America, a young Native American warrior and a British officer are forced into a secret assassination mission. With war rumbling on the horizon, Lieutenant Hugh Pyke arrives in the Pennsylvania Colony hoping to prove himself against the French. Instead, he finds himself blackmailed into a dishonorable mission to assassinate the cousin of the woman he loves.Wolf Tongue, a brash warrior of a dying tribe, volunteers to guide Pyke through the dangers of both the landscape and its indigenous nations. Even as he fights to protect his people from European and Native invaders, he struggles to earn the respect of those he would save.But when they learn their prey is more dangerous than they feared, can they complete their mission, protect a dying tribe, confront a madman, and still survive?An action-filled, old-fashioned adventure, Language of the Bear is the first novel in the Tomahawk and Saber series.

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