Heartland On the Side of Angels is the
first novel in the Liberty & Property Legends by new author Terri
Sedmak. She has done a superb job in setting the scene for the reader to travel
back to a time in 19th Century Wyoming. An accomplished story teller,
Ms. Sedmak wastes no time in her opening as she grabs the reader and immerses
him into the lives of the Taylor and Keaton families. They are frontier men and
women committed and devoted to their deep-rooted Alliance who will fight and die
for the land and water that is rightfully theirs. The setting is Wyoming and the
place is the Diamond-T ranch; the select target of 19th century land
wars and water rights.
Ms. Sedmak superbly developed her male and
female characters and cast a light of heroism on each of them in their rightful,
respective moments. She toys with the reader to presume the obvious between Luke
Taylor and Kelley Keaton; only to surprise them with the outcome.
In true frontier style, Ms. Sedmak skillfully
guides the reader on a tremendous adventure. At no point in this novel is it a
labor to turn the page. She artfully keeps the story moving forward through her
knowledge of revolutionary American history. Without question, there is a clear
balance between tragedy and celebration which makes her first novel in the
series a great read.
Hands down, Terri Sedmak saved the best for
last as she ends her first novel. She has left her readers with a craving for
the continuation of the ongoing saga of the Liberty & Property Legends
series.