Fiction. Native American Studies. A brilliant first novel about a woman captured by the Apaches, combining feminist and Native American themes. Taken prisoner while on a religious mission, Sara Franklin goes from slavery to earning respect--as a strong, clever, even magical woman. "Written with compassion and humor, the author weaves the beautiful, the brutal and the benign in a delicate imagery that encompasses the practical, the mystical and the erotic. A gem of a book"--S. Gail Miller.