Not every hero wears a cape … some have fur and others have leaves.

For generations before the first settlers ventured into the North Carolina mountains, Native American tribes, primarily the Cherokee, made the Blue Ridge Mountains their home. The Cherokee have a deep and abiding respect for nature as is reflected in an old Cherokee proverb, “everything in nature is connected; if you harm one thing, you harm everything.” The Cherokee belief in the interconnectedness of all things – land, sky, water, animals, and people – is the underlying theme of Sovereign Oak.

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Sovereign Oak, a historical novel set in the Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina, tells the story of three historical events that took place in the Swannanoa Valley between the late 1700s and the late 1800s. These three short stories, which are based on actual events, lay the groundwork for the main story, a modern-day fictional tale of a couple who move to Asheville expecting to live quiet and uneventful lives in retirement … until their past catches up with them and suddenly their lives are in danger. Will they be saved? And who … or what … might save them?