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Title: An Uncommon Enemy

Subtitle: Eden Murdoch, Book 1

Author: Michelle Black

Narrator: Kris Faulkner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-13

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

"There is no word in the Cheyenne language for forgiveness." On the day after Thanksgiving, 1868, George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry attack a sleeping Cheyenne village on the banks of the Washita. Ironically, it later becomes known that the village attacked was that of Black Kettle, the foremost peace chief of the Cheyenne Nation. Amidst the heartless and senseless slaughter of men, women, and children, the Seventh Cavalry discovers a white woman living among the Cheyenne. Her name is Eden Murdoch, and she was presumed dead years before. While the army expects to use her for propaganda purposes and to refute the accusations that the Cheyenne village posed no threat to white settlers, Eden refuses to take part in any such propaganda: to acknowledge that the army "rescued" her from a "savage" society. Eden avoids giving the details of her story to any of the officers; she will say only that she considered her Cheyenne husband and his other wives family. Custer's young and inexperienced aide-de-camp, Captain Brad Randall, is assigned the task of looking after Eden and locating her family. Beginning to doubt Custer's actions and struggling to act honorably, Brad is both fascinated and perplexed by Eden's eccentric behavior. He becomes obsessed with learning the truth behind Eden's bizarre journey, and when Eden begins to reveal it to him, his own future changes. Eden and Brad unexpectedly set in motion events that will echo all the way to the Little Bighorn.

Members Reviews:

A Good Depiction of the Complexity of Human Relationships

I've always been interested in the clash of culture between the white and Indian races and I found this story to be an absorbing account of the battle of the Washita and the effect on a woman captive. On Nov. 27, 1868 near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, arrogance and the notion that one race is superior to another wiped out Chief Black Kettle's village of people without warning and with disregard for promises made to them. Custer, who led the 7th Calvary into this disgraceful battle, is painted in this story as ambitious, arrogant, and cruel. After the killing of the people, the army slaughtered the Indian's horses, burned their lodges, destroyed all food and winter supplies and captured 53 women and children. This story also tells of a white woman captive who suffered horribly at the hands of her Indian captor, was rescued by another Indian and his wives and taken in to become a loved member of their household. Recognized as a white woman, at the battle of the Washita, she is then "rescued" against her will and brought back into white society. It's an interesting story and I enjoyed it. It was also the very first story I read using my Kindle. Eunice Boeve, author of Ride a Shadowed Trail.

A poignant look at the cruelty of manifest destiny

Michelle Black has told a tragic story in such depth, the reader is able to understand if not sympathize with those involved in the last struggle of the Northern Cheyenne to return to their home rather than be imprisoned on a reservation in Oklahoma. Her characters are so realistic we can't help but follow them on their journeys.