The Weaver’s Tale: A Story of the Malheur River Country

Life changes when Dakota Jackson meets, head-on, an eighteen-wheeler on a sharp curve. When the load of lumber shifts, it takes Dakota’s pickup and trailer into the Malheur River with it, killing both Dakota and the trucker behind the wheel. Alone, his wife Summer, a trained trauma nurse, tries to manage their cattle ranch and raise their three young children. Meanwhile, Tanner Greywolf, while gathering lost cows in the high mountains, falls with his horse and breaks his leg. Summer, an adjunct member of the local emergency medical team, comes to his rescue, and a new pattern begins to take shape on the Weaver’s Loom.

The Weaver’s Tale portrays the day to day ranching life in the desert country of Oregon, with its cowboys, rustlers, horses, and cattle. Crandell explores the relationship that develops when two strangers, who against all odds, meet and through mutual need begin a journey that starts the healing process for both. With vivid description and from the heart writing, Crandell portrays loss, heartache, jealousy, and love, the basic emotions that drive each life.