Patient discharged. Nurse finally accepts new engagement.
About This Book
At a frontier military post, officers uncover evidence of night riding and missing horses that foreshadow escalating clashes with Sioux forces. A commanding major follows clues through stables, reports, and suspicious behavior, revealing thefts, burglaries, personal plots, and the sudden disappearance of a young woman. Patrols and small detachments meet ambushes, perform rescues, and face capture and wounds, while inquiries and informal justice test loyalties and discipline. The narrative alternates investigation and action, tracing how personal entanglements, military duty, and frontier danger interlock until the conspiracies threatening the garrison and the vanished woman are resolved.