<p><strong style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">The thrilling adventure continues in Book Two of Saga of the Mountain Sage, <em>White Mist Dog</em>!</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Beaten and humiliated, young Richard Hamilton is dropped, bound and filthy, onto the deck of Dave Green's boat, the </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Maria.</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> In no time, he's looking into the barrel of Green's pistol as the trader contemplates shooting the worthless philosopher as a means of motivating his men.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Captured by Packrat, Heals Like A Willow dreams of the White Mist Dog and fights a battle of wits with the Pawnee as he transports her eastward in search of his father.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Meanwhile, Richard begins to discover something inside himself, but he's still dedicated to escaping the </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Maria</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> and making his way back to Boston. All of which comes to a head when he and Travis run headlong into Willow and Packrat. For both Willow and Richard, </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Maria</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">'s hard ascent up the Missouri becomes a journey of discovery; but danger lurks on all sides as scheming boatmen, desperate Native chiefs, and passions of the heart all conspire to destroy them.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">In the end, Willow will make a choice that will change her and Richard's lives forever.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
