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"This novel has its eye on history and manages an understanding of two cultures that claimed the same land."-Diane Glancy, Native American playwright, poet, and author"I don't think faith, or its absence, has been so raw, so problematic, or so interesting since Dostoevsky. I'm not sure whether, in the end, I've read a mystery, a morality play, or a Western-but it is a great, passionate yarn."-Rev./Dr. John Suk, editor in chief, The Banner magazine"Good luck putting this one down."-Dr. David Mulder, historian and physician, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation"There's white people who can't take this without seeing the devil."Yes, thinks Jan Ellerbrook as he watches the Lakota's mysterious, impassioned Ghost Dances. How could his serious, introspective fellow Dutch settlers see the Lakota's wild and free dance as part of the worship of the same God?Strained already, the atmosphere on the plains crackles when a Dutch hired hand is found dead. The settlers accuse the Lakota who insist on their innocence, and know much more than their honor is threatened. Their freedom, home, and very way of life are at stake.Seen through the eyes of Jan and his wife, Dalitha, Touches the Sky probes a clash of cultures, lifestyle, and ways to know God and practice faith. Absorbing and sensitive, it seeks to understand the making of the West, the depths of humanity, and a God whom Jan admits "can seem as vast and unknown as the prairie."