An adventure story of unconventional frontier love during the American Civil War Born into a society tolerant of homosexuals, River Otter is confused by the white culture's persecution of such men. A sequel to his debut novel, Cut Hand, Mark Wildyr's River Otter tells the story of a survivor of the wholesale massacre of his people and a major in the army that killed them. As the war begins to wind down, Otter leaves the only home he has ever known to help Major James Morrow, Commandant of Ft. Yanube, build a farm north of the fort. He begins a new life with the handsome Major while coming to...

A love between two very different men is put to the test. John Strobaw, a young mixed-blood, grows up in the relative security of a family farm after the Civil War. His mother raises her family as Americans, but his foster brother, Matthew Brandt feels his red blood more keenly and leaves to ride with Crazy Horse. John doesn't understand the longing he feels for his absent companion until he has his first sexual experience with a man and he only thinks of Matthew. After the murder of Crazy Horse, Matthew makes his way back home. John fights hard against a growing lust for Matthew, but when he...