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Angel is the caretaker of a way station to heaven. The guardians that prepare the girls for their final journey live in the trees of the nearby peach orchard. Everything is peaceful until a girl named Hope is found stranded at Angel's Field because her guardian has been abducted. It is up to Angel and Cyrus a woodsmen and keeper of the orchard to recover her. Joined by Carpenter from a way station for young boys called 'The Swing Zone', the three leave their peaceful valley and set off towards the river. Captain Castel whose daughter is very ill, is the caretaker of another way station for people going in the opposite direction across the river. Once the toll is paid there is no return. A thief named Messr. See de Arogänt, called Seede who operates a peddler's wagon is hired by Captain Castel to bring him a guardian. Angel, Cyrus, and Carpenter find themselves on a mission to sustain Hope. When a rumor reaches the ears of Captain Castel that a guardian may be acquired that could save his sick daughter he sets his plan in motion. A thief named Messr. See de Arogänt, called Seede who operates a peddler's wagon is hired by Captain Castel to bring him a guardian. All appears to be going well for Seede and Captain Castel when they are found out. A little girl is left behind in Angel's Field because her guardian has been abducted. It is up to Angel and Cyrus a woodsmen and keeper of the orchard to recover her. Joined by Carpenter from a way station for young boys called 'The Swing Zone', the three leave their peaceful valley and set off towards the river. Cyrus and Angel have lived a peaceful existence in their valley as caretakers of Angel's Field a way station for young girls on their journey to heaven. Join Angel, Cyrus and Carpenter as they make their way down the mountain and across the river in pursuit of the girl named Hope's guardian angel.

Mary Maverick's memoirs are a Texas classic. They chronicle a strong, brave woman shepherding her family through tumultuous times on the raw Texas frontier. First settling in a rustic home in 1838 San Antonio with her husband, the legendary Samuel Maverick, the family was forced to flee invading Mexican forces during the famed Runaway Scrape. They settled again in Gonzales, but Sam was in San Antonio when Mexican General Woll captured the town, taking Sam prisoner and confining him in the notorious Perote Prison. After Sam was released, the Mavericks moved to the windswept Matagorda Peninsula-with Mary so sick on the journey that they laid boards in the wagon to make a bed-before returning to San Antonio two years later. Sam and Mary had ten children; four died before they reached the age of eight. During the Civil War, four of Mary's sons served in the Confederate Army. Though Sam had been in the center of the storm during the Texas Revolution, he was approaching 60 years of age when the Civil War broke out; he spent the war with Mary, serving as a judge and mayor of San Antonio. Notable characters pepper the narrative, including Alexander Somervell, Jack Hays, Dr. George Cupples, Deaf Smith, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Matilda Lockhart, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Mirabeau Lamar, Juan Seguin, and too many others to mention. This is not a typical frontier wife's memoir-it is a first-hand account of the founding of Texas.