The Covenant

The Covenant opens a Western series set in the early years of a young, expanding nation. Families and displaced men are heading into the open frontier, hoping for new homes, land and perhaps wealth. Many of them give little thought to the people who have lived on that land for centuries, among them the Blackfoot, Crow and Sioux.

Elijah McCain has just left the Union army, where he rose to Lieutenant Colonel with the Mounted Rifles, a cavalry unit serving under General Sherman. He arrives home to find his wife dying. With her last breaths she begs him to find their twin sons and bring them home, and she asks for his promise.

Eli gives it, holding her hand as she dies. He vows to bring the boys back no matter what, even if keeping his word means giving up his own dreams and the life he had hoped to build. The author, B N Rundell, also wrote The Plainsman Western series.