Thunder From Rain by Eugene Sockut

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For one hundred and thirteen days in 1877, a strange, savage and tragically bloody Indian war was fought across 1,400 miles of nearly impassible terrain in Oregon, Idaho and Montana as six hundred Nez Perce Indians led by the indomitable Chief Joseph fought their way through the American Army of the Northwest to Freedom in Canada.

Using historical fact as its backdrop, Thunder from Rain details how the benevolent Nez Perce tribe, who had saved the explorers Lewis and Clark in 1805, were forcibly transformed into one of the most formidable foes the U.S. Army ever faced. Told through the eyes of a young cavalry officer who served under the generals in charge of the pursuit, this tale is replete with the historical intrigues, corruption and selfish ambitions of the time. It is also the tender story of two young lovers torn apart by the violent clash of the opposing worlds they were born into.