Crosswinds: Past, Present, and Future Combine

Terra is always outside, looking in. No true connection to anyone, anywhere, except for one city friend.


She expects the village life stories from the elders to be simple and routine. Never has she been expected to participate in the village life. Sure. She's rocked a baby, cooked a meal, shared memories. No more, until now.


This village of people lost between cultures is different. Their fragmented stream of life sweeps her off her feet, and threatens all she knows of her own past, and future.


Some villagers wish the whole village to flounder on the border of the only homeland they know. She must tame the stream back into its banks, and strengthen it for the future.


Terra risks her past, future, and one friendship in the world, to try to rescue this village. And the children she has begun to call her own.


33 Chapters
43,060 words
6 X 9 - 169 pages
7 X 10 - 197 pages Read more Continue reading Read less FROM THE BACK COVER
Terra is always outside, looking in. No true connection to anyone, anywhere, except for one city friend.
She expects the village life stories from the elders to be simple and routine. Never has she been expected to participate in the village life. Sure. She's rocked a baby, cooked a meal, shared memories. No more, until now.
This village of people lost between cultures is different. Their fragmented stream of life sweeps her off her feet, and threatens all she knows of her own past, and future.
Some villagers wish the whole village to flounder on the border of the only homeland they know. She must tame the stream back into its banks, and strengthen it for the future.
Terra risks her past, future, and one friendship in the world, to try to rescue this village. And the children she has begun to call her own.
33 Chapters
43,060 words
6 X 9 - 169 pages
7 X 10 - 206 pages ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Overcome adversity by uncovering the societal myths around us. Reach for hidden and lost opportunities along brighter horizons as fields of vision and hearing decrease for April D Brown. Follow her journeys through the forgotten myths to uncover hope and peace in forgotten places. Writing isn't as easy now. Words sometimes disappear in the midsts of the mind and time as sounds change meaning, and sights decrease to a blur. Mind pictures bring myths to life. Many fracture along the spines of forgotten hopes and dreams. New myths may emerge. Whether looking for self-help, or fiction to forget your troubles for a time, there is a book among her collection to enjoy. A small library to help you see the myths, access them, and go beyond them to find what works for you. Her novels and novellas, while adventures, are written in a more classical style, without extreme action, romance, or violence. Characters think before they act. They bring the past, present, and future, alive in the minds of the reader through the eyes of characters who would rather not face the challenges in front, or behind them. Sometimes, this leads to trouble. With the support of cats, dogs, and art, she reaches out to assist others on the path to a better future for all. Drawing, painting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, and mixing the mediums when needed, add color to the words as they find their places in the stories. Gardening, cooking, and organizing build a structure to each project. Read more Continue reading Read less