{"product_id":"traitors-book-two-9780991025947","title":"Traitors: Book Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***#1 AMAZON BESTSELLER***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Someone's going to be king in this territory. No reason it can't be me. It sure won't be you.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetrayed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone is tearing at the fabric of the Choctaw Nation while political turmoil, assassinations, and feuds threaten the sovereignty of the tribe, which stands under the U.S. government's scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen heated words turn to hot lead, Ruth Ann Teller-a young Choctaw woman-fears losing her brother, who won't settle for anything but the truth. Matthew is determined to use his newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, to uncover the scheme behind Mayor Thaddeus Warren's claim to the townsite of Dickens. Matthew is willing to risk his newspaper-and his life-to uncover a traitor among their people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Ruth Ann tries to help, she causes more harm than good-especially after the mayor brings in Lance Fuller, a schoolteacher from New York, to provide a rare educational opportunity for white children. How does this charming yet aloof young man fit into the mayor's scheme?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen attacks against the newspaper strike and bullets fly, a trip to the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 is the key to saving the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and Matthew's investigation. But Ruth Ann must find the courage to face a journey to the White City-without her brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sarah introduces many issues: race relations, the presence of Jews in the Choctaw Nation, the Lighthorsemen, the educated and civilized Choctaw, a few greedy white people, the struggle for women to have equal rights and be able to pursue careers, the political issues of the Nationals and the Progressives, the confusion and separation of the two tiered system for lawbreakers for the white man and the Indian in Indian Territory, morality, integrity, doing what is right and the Gospel message. These issues are all woven into the story of the Teller family. So much intrigue and mystery.\" -Beverly Hardy Allen, author of \u003ci\u003eBack Then: A Choctaw Family's Noble Legacy of Perseverance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese books let you explore the old Choctaw Nation with Matthew and Ruth Ann Teller, a Choctaw brother and sister pair who own a newspaper, the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. They're in the midst of shootouts and tribal upheavals with the coming Dawes Commission in the 1890s. The changes in Indian Territory threaten everything they've known and force them to decide if they are going to take a stand for truth, even in the face of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean historical fiction series with a Western flair, the \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e explores racial, political, spiritual, and social issues in the old Choctaw Nation-and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks in the series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Executions (Book 1)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraitors (Book 2)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaft of Truth (Book 3)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSovereign Justice (Book 4)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire and Ink (Book 5) (Coming August 2023)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoctaw Tribune Boxset (Books 1 -3)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSARAH ELISABETH SAWYER is an award-winning inspirational author, speaker and Choctaw storyteller of traditional and fictional tales based on the lives of her people. The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian has honored her as a literary artist through their Artist Leadership Program for her work in preserving Trail of Tears stories. In 2015, First Peoples Fund awarded her an Artist in Business Leadership Fellowship. She writes from her hometown in Texas, partnering with her mother, Lynda Kay Sawyer, in continued research for future novels. Learn more about their work in preserving Choctaw history at SarahElisabethWrites.com and Facebook.com\/SarahElisabethSawyer\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rockhaven Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331533705490,"sku":"9780991025947","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_041484df-e898-4d26-ad44-2dee51147303.jpg?v=1727820150","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/traitors-book-two-9780991025947","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}