Author of The Glory Days of Buffalo Egbert
a.k.a. People of the Whistling Waters

 “Another great storyteller is emerging.”
—Tony Hillerman  

Award-winning author
Mardi Oakley Medawar   

In 1866 the Kiowas return to their traditional winter camp at Palo Duro Canyon for the first time in two years. But when a powerful healer winds up missing and two horses are found killed, the camp is convinced it is the work of a shapeshifter...While the camp searches for the witch among them, Tay-bodal begins his own investigation. Anxious to find his missing friend and sure that there is no supernatural cause behind these events, Tay-bodal must uncover the truth before fear destroys the bonds that unite the Kiowa Band.... 

"Medawar really captives the personalities
of the individuals in her story, as well
as the culture itself, with understanding and
low-key Indian humor. She does for the Kiowa culture
what Tony Hillerman has done for the Navaho."
—Don Coldsmith, author of Tallgrass and the Spanish Bit saga

"Medawar, a Cherokee, reveals legendary
Native Americans as believable people
and offers her readers a comprehensive look
at historical Kiowa life and values."—Publishers Weekly