Jan Kelly

The ancient desert O'odham people's creation stories parallel the path a young Guy Thornton takes to emerge from the "maze" he has made of his life. The novel opens in the center of the narrative as...

People of the Sun follows Guy Thornton's adventure-packed horseback journey across Arizona's Mogollon Rim to claim his young son, Trick, whom he's never met, at a school near Prescott. The life and...

Sacred Arrow finds Guy Thornton resurrecting the Rawlings cattle ranch with its trove of ancient petroglyphs into a profitable bison operation when Bane, a White Mountain Apache, abducts the ranch...

Guy Thornton's dreams for his new ranch on the outskirts of the small, southern Arizona town of Sonoita have hit an impasse: his wife is away in Tucson caring for her ailing father; his Yaqui...

Hopi migration myths illuminate the third book in The Arizona Series. After six years of searching, Guy finally discovers Rose working on the Rawlings' nearly dismantled ranch. The girl is now a...