Release: July 6th 2021
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Independently published
Source: HFVirtual Book Tours
Find it at: Goodreads, Kindle, B&N
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Does time heal all wounds? Or do some last forever?
Pennsylvania, 1971: Graham Davidson is a young man with survivor’s guilt after the death of three siblings.
Estranged from his father and seeking a direction in his life, Graham learns about vision quests from a Crow Indian. He secures seasonal employment in Yellowstone National Park and embarks on a spiritual journey.
Wyoming Territory, 1871: Under a full moon at a sacred thermal area, Graham finds himself in Yellowstone a century earlier – one year before it became a national park. He joins the Hayden Expedition mission to explore the region.
Although a military escort provides protection for the explorers, the cavalry’s notorious lieutenant threatens Graham. His perilous journey through the future park involves a horrific tragedy in a geyser basin, a grizzly bear attack, and an encounter with hostile Blackfeet Indians.
Graham falls in love with Makawee, a beautiful Crow woman who serves as a guide. As the expedition nears its conclusion, Graham has to take an agonizing decision.
Does he stay in the previous century with the woman he loves or travel back to the future?
If you like the historical time travel adventure of Outlander or enjoyed the movie Dances with Wolves, then you’ll love Burning Ground!
About the Author :
David Galloway grew up in rural Pennsylvania near Gettysburg. After a long career in the paper industry and writing a bestselling non-fiction book, Safety WALK Safety TALK, he decided to follow a once dormant dream of writing a novel. Burning Ground was an inspiration from two memorable summers of his youth.
As a teen, David worked on a fruit farm in Pennsylvania. It is here he met Redfield, a Crow Indian who lived a simple life but had a profound effect on the way David saw the world.
As a young man, he spent a summer in Yellowstone National Park, providing guided boat tours on Yellowstone Lake. When he was not on duty, David explored all corners of that magnificent land, often in the backcountry. His love for our nation’s first national park takes root from these experiences.
David is currently working on the sequel to Burning Ground, tentatively titled Fatal Ground.
He enjoys reading about adventurers and explorers, traveling internationally, riding a recumbent tandem bike, and spending time with his grandsons.
David lives in Springboro, Ohio with his wife Leesa.
Burning Ground Review:
Once in a while, a unique and creative story comes along that captures your heart in so many ways. “Burning Ground” turned out to be one of those books!
I adored so many things about “Burning Ground.” To begin with, I loved the time travel element where Graham goes back in time to 1871. Even though the book is a big one, I never noticed the time fly by when I started reading it, as the story completely immersed me. Moreover, I loved the details the author provided about Yellowstone Park. After finishing the book, the tale tempted me to add this to my wishlist of places to see, including the lake and the colorful thermal features. The author describes the locations so vibrantly, and it felt that I was with Graham on his adventures in Yellowstone.
Coming to the plot, the author adds a little bit of everything to make the tale memorable. I loved the action and adventure elements when Foley fell into a hot spring, or Alec Sibley fell in the water. Similarly, the author adds the time-travel element beautifully, where it doesn’t feel out of place, even if it borders science fiction. There are also characters like Lt. Doane who get on your nerves. However, the highlight of the story was the romance between Graham and Makawee. The two of them share such fantastic chemistry, and I loved their scenes together. Even though they are from worlds apart, the author wrote their relationship wonderfully. There are so many memorable moments between the two, where he shows her the gadgets from the future. They were the highlight of the story for me.
Overall, “Burning Ground” is a fantastic piece of literary fiction, and I cannot wait to read its sequel!
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I’m so glad you enjoyed Burnign Ground! Thank you for the wonderful review!
Amy
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