The Wolf's Quest: Isa's Adventure Begins (The Wolf's Tales Book #1)

Award-winning author Mark Greathouse launches a powerful Young Adult Western series steeped in grit, faith, and historical truth too often left untold.

The year is 1870. Fifteen-year-old Isa O’Toole—half White, half Comanche—saves his father from a deadly attack on their Texas ranch by killing a Mexican pistolero. But what should feel like victory instead sets off a storm within him. Struggling with guilt, identity, and the weight of legacy, Isa leaves everything behind to begin a vision quest—a sacred journey to discover who he is, and who he’s meant to become.

Joined by a loyal wolf and guided by the words of a hidden New Testament tucked in his saddlebag, Isa’s quest soon plunges him into capture by Lakota warriors, hard-won freedom, and the fierce love of Awentia, a warrior woman whose courage matches his own. As danger stalks every trail—from hostile tribes and bounty hunters to the rising fires of the Plains Indian Wars—Isa must navigate a world where faith, prejudice, and survival collide.

Can a young half-breed forge peace in a land fueled by conquest? Will his courage and conviction be enough to bridge the divide—or will it tear him apart?