The Sawtooth Legacy

The Ghost Deer is an Inspiring, Heroic, Mountain Survival Bow Hunting Adventure—filled with Mystery, Life and Death Struggles, and Suspense. As thirteen-year-old Tater Thompson, a cattle ranch boy raised near the Sawtooth Mountains of Central Idaho, embarks on a journey to become a man. If you’re looking for a good down home Inspirational Story, that will have you on the edge of your seat one minute and laughing the next… filled with depth and life lessons you have come to the right place!

Tater engages in an epic Battle for Freedom in this captivating, campfire style story—about a Mysterious White Buck, a boy's love for his Dog, two ruthless Bullies and a Mountain with Secrets. He discovers the Legendary Ghost Deer—a powerful white buck as big as an elk with a massive rack of antlers and a mysterious past. He forsakes his family's rough stock heritage of unwavering integrity and courage, giving way to fear, making a bet with two ruthless brothers now threatening to take his best friend—an old Blue Heeler dog named Bandit. Struggling to prove himself a man, Tater embarks on a coming-of-age journey, as he faces unbeatable odds in a battle to win his dog's freedom. He learns to overcome self-doubt facing a mountain filled with mystery, surprise, and danger. He discovers clues of a secret mountain people and faces life and death struggles against storms, wolves, and a forest of wild animals, testing him to his core, as he discovers true freedom from the prisons within himself. Faced with hard choices and tough decisions—he learns core values and virtues of courage, integrity, fortitude, forgiveness, reliance on God, and the worth of freedom—in an epic tale of sacrifice, love, and doing the right thing even when it's hard. The Ghost Deer, Book One of the Sawtooth Legacy Series, is a good, clean, multi-generational family story of courage, persistence, forgiveness, and growth.