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Orphaned when a warlord murders his English father and Chinese mother, a young boy is raised by Buddhist monks in China, gaining an education and martial arts training. He trades labor for passage to America, only to be enslaved at sea. After killing the cruel co-captain and escaping in Boston, he flees west on foot, evading a bounty hunter until he's captured by a Sioux war party. When the Sioux see him praying just before a tornado destroys a rival war party, they name him "Storm Warrior," and he's later adopted into the Sioux Nation as a chief's blood brother. The story is laced with battles, adventure, love, mystery, and the building of many lifelong friendships, including some surprising ones. This is the first book of a series where Storm Warrior learns his true name, parental lineage, and the fortune his father has waiting for him.

The Storm Warrior saga continues as Storm Warrior and the Sioux visit the fort and make friends with the whites. Storm Warrior plans to set up a school in the Sioux Valley with Judith Johansen as the teacher, but Storm Warrior faces unexpected obstacles that must be overcome first.

The Storm Warrior saga continues as Storm Warrior's life fills with fresh challenges, surprises, and excitement. Storm Warrior's courage is tested when he comes face to face with the huge bear, and must face the relentless pursuer that tracked him from Boston to the Missouri River...

The Storm Warrior saga continues as he pays surprise visits to the Blackfoot and Pawnee, working to foster peace despite deep-rooted tribal hatred and tradition. Amid battles, life-and-death fights, and personal joys and losses, unexpected visitors bring news from Storm Warrior's past, forcing him to choose between his life with the Sioux and the destiny his father laid out for him.

The Storm Warrior saga continues as he prepares to answer his father’s wishes and travel with his family to England after leaving his beloved Sioux. He plans to salvage what his father had begun 35 years ago. Storm Warrior encounters numerous challenges as he and his family convert to the white man’s way of life despite the obstacles he is forced to overcome.

Storm Warrior leaves the Sioux Nation with his family and is escorted to Denver by cavalry, where he finds the city under siege by a Mexican bandit gang and helps U.S. Marshal Hunt hunt them down. On the way to Philadelphia, he stops to aid old friends being harassed by soldiers, then arrives to meet his mother-in-law and help wife Judith take control of the bank. After assisting local law enforcement in stopping a murderer and his hired guns, Storm Warrior becomes a construction company owner and acquires a large horse ranch before departing for England.

Storm Warrior buys a railroad construction company and sets about untangling its problems - first uncovering embezzlement in the corporate office, then confronting brutal conditions at three construction sites where workers are enslaved and overworked, forcing him to fire managers and crew leaders, but now has to replace them. He helps U.S. Marshals track down road agents and rescues a worker's son sold into slavery, before finally returning to Philadelphia to gather his family and sail for England to fulfill his father's wishes.

Charles finally reaches his father's homeland to claim his inheritance, tackling problems at the wine distillery and scouting land for a vineyard, while earning local popularity by helping police track bandits and assisting them in a shootout with bank robbers. On a horse-buying trip, he's stunned to encounter Captain Bernard Pennington, the man who once enslaved him. As Charles and his family sail home, their ship comes under attack by three Spanish warships intent on capturing it and killing everyone aboard.

Charles's adventures continue with a final showdown with neighbor Eunice Zimmer, then a trip to Kentucky for prize Thoroughbred mares. In Washington, he meets President Buchanan about the Indian situation and reconnects with Colonel Hawks. The news are alarming enough to prompt Charles to move his family and horses to Denver ahead of a looming North-South war. There, he helps U.S. Marshal Hunt track down an outlaw terrorizing ranchers who won't sell their property while scouting property of his own. Back East, Charles meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield shortly after his "House Divided" speech, then returns a borrowed mare to Litchfield's surly sheriff.

Charles helps bright young Conner travel to Philadelphia to enroll into college, but Charles discovers his true career path. Charles returns to England with his trusted friend George and Conner. He learns that an old enemy plans to murder his vineyard master, his wife, and destroy the vineyard. Conner is shot in the melee and Charles rushes to save his life. Charles meets Captain Bernard Pennington, the same man that had at one time enslaved him, and the results of the meeting are stunning. After returning home to America, Charles takes the young man to Harvard and enrolls him into college, but is forced to file a complaint that could cost Conner an opportunity to attend.

Storm Warrior XI is filled with excitement and danger for Charles and his good friend George. Charles and George return to Denver and arrive just in time to help his old friend, Hunt-U.S. Marshal, track a gang of murdering bank robbers. When they return from the manhunt Charles prays and realizes that he needs to return to the Sioux’s camp, the Indian nations are starving due to mass extermination of buffalo by white hunters. The Sioux are prepared to go to war against the whites, which Charles hopes to prevent. He drives 3,200 head of cattle 800 miles to supply the Indians with meat, where he learns that a new Chief of the Sioux, who demands that whites leave Sioux lands in 2 days, has taken over. Charles says goodbye to his dying Sioux father and receives a last request that he isn't sure that he can fulfill.

The Storm Warrior series continues as Gray Wolf and Swimming Otter travel with Charles who arrives in time to assist his construction site employees that are being threatened and abused by local ruffians. Gray Wolf and Swimming Otter encounter hatred and prejudice from whites and are attacked by locals. They accompany him to Boston for a slave buying trip, where they for the first time see what the slave auction is like. Judith begins teaching the Sioux women how to read and write the white man’s words, and  how to understand the money system.