Crows and Angels

Book excerpt: Based on true events and set in the 1800s during the American Presidency of Abraham Lincoln; Crows and Angels is the story of Hannah Nelson, a Norwegian, fifteen year old girl with special gifts. From a young age, she has been renowned for her special powers in Norway; but when her adventure seeking Papa, announces the Nelson family are immigrating to America, she is thrust into two worlds, and revered for her powers of second sight and healing, by both white settlers and Indians alike. Faced with the perilous journey by ship and wagon train to the Dakota Territory, the family go through many highs and lows on their journey, and as word gets out of Hannah's giftings, she is called upon more and more to help people in need. She also meets Christian, a young and handsome Norwegian farmer and falls in love, and he becomes her strongest ally, as Hannah fulfils her destiny. Once Hannah and her family arrive in the Dakota Territory, she is thrust into the forefront of a life and death struggle for survival, between the Lakota Sioux Indians and the white man. Hannah has a strong bond with the Indians and believes she has been sent to help them; but will her powers be enough to save them? Or will Hannah's big heart and powerful giftings fail to stop the extermination of her Indian friends.