Alta Vista: Sage Country Book Two Read online

  The yard didn’t seem quite as lonely as when I had first arrived.

  I walked down to the creek to get Dusty. It was time for us to go into Buttercup.

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  A note from the author

  Thank you for reading Alta Vista. I would love to hear from you. You can contact me at my website ~ www.danielbanks-books.com or follow me on Goodreads~ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10798086.Daniel_Roland_Banks

  I certainly hope you had as much fun reading this book as I had writing it. If you liked it please tell a friend - or better yet, tell the world by writing a book review on the book’s page on Amazon, or on Goodreads.com.

  Even a few short sentences are helpful. As an independently published author, I don’t have a marketing department behind me. I only have you, the reader.

  So please spread the word!

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  Did you like the book? What was your favorite thing about it? Did you learn anything new or interesting? Would you like to read another book by this author? Go to the Amazon or Goodreads link, click on the “write a customer review” button and type in your review.

  And, to make it a little more fun, if you write a review, e-mail me and I’ll return a note and an excerpt from one of my works in progress, maybe even a free e-book.

  Thanks again.

  All the best,

  Daniel

  About the Author

  I’ve led a colorful life, fueling my imagination for telling stories set in the American West.

  I was born in Bakersfield, California and abandoned by my parents in Seattle, Washington. After living in the foster care system for some years, I was eventually adopted. I’ve lived in Idaho, Washington, California, Virginia, and now make my home in Texas. My wife Lora and I have four grown children, of whom we are justifiably proud, not because we were such good parents but because God is good.

  I’ve written several novels and an illustrated book on the training of horses, in addition to authoring and/or contributing to numerous technical manuals and articles in various publications and periodicals.

  As a horse trainer and clinician (I trained performance horses for twenty five years), I had occasion to travel extensively and I’ve been blessed to have worked with a variety of horses and people in amazing circumstances and locations.

  I’ve herded cattle in Texas, chased kangaroos on horseback through the Australian Outback, guided pack-trips into the high Sierras and the Colorado Rockies, conditioned and trained thoroughbred race horses, galloped a warmblood on the bank of a canal surveyed by George Washington, and spent uncounted, delightful hours breaking bread with unique characters in diverse parts of the world.

  At one (brief) point I was one of the 3% of fine visual artists who earned their entire income from sales of their art. I’m a painter, sculptor and writer.

  Under the name Daniel Roland Banks I write contemporary detective thrillers. I’m a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Western Writers of America.

  My book ANGELS & IMPERFECTIONS was selected as finalist in the Christian Fiction category in the 2015 Reader’s Favorites Book Award contest.

  In 2013, after 40+ years of searching, I found and got reacquainted with my half-brother and a host of relatives from my mother’s side of the family.

  I can’t sing or dance, but I’d like to think I’m considered an engaging public speaker, an accomplished horseman and an excellent judge of single malt Scotch.