La Plata County Series beloved characters are involved in a tragic crash while flying over Korea! The end of an era is marked with a fire that brings a catastrophic end to the son of the Mississippi woman. The saga that began in a castle in Ireland where James Butler (alias James Wilkerson) was born ends on Son’s beloved La Plata River. All is not lost; for out of the wreckage comes the return of a Ute Indian, Squash Blossom’s descendent, who hopes to return a piece of the raped land to its native glory. Son brings this group of novels to an end, in spite of overwhelming odds.

Luther Butler was born of southern parents in Alamosa, Colorado in 1929. He holds degrees from Eastern New Mexico University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Tarleton State University. He served in the US Navy and has ranched, worked in a mental hospital, in inner city slums, and was with the Texas Department of Agriculture for 23 years. He is married to Jo Butler and has one son.

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