While on a horseback ride, Jenna and Adam are caught in a blizzard. They encounter three reclusive mountain men who hold them captive. Aided by the voice of a long-dead woman who died where they are being held, the two escape on a perilous journey that takes them through caves, old mines, steep mountain trails, and a raging river, all while being chased by the killers.
Finally, Jenna and Adam are rescued by park rangers. Their happy ending finds them the owners of a beautiful white colt with sparkling blue eyes. Such Appaloosas are bred on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, and it is said their blue eyes are considered a spirit animal.
Silent Voice in the Mountains is the first book in a trilogy. Volume 2 is Silent Cries in the Mountains and Volume 3 is Lost Spirit in the Mountains.
Linda Sloan and John R. Sloan both grew up on farms in New Jersey. Says Linda, "My husband's family had dairy cattle, and I raised Finn Sheep. We lived in Maryland on our sailboat while my husband was a security consultant for various government agencies in the metropolitan D.C. area. We now live on a small self-sufficient farm in the Sauratown Mountains of North Carolina." Both retired, Linda was a nurse for thirty years. John is a Vietnam veteran who retired from the Marine Corps after 22 years before he became a government consultant.