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Return to Independence

(2026)
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Somewhere between Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, and Little House on the Prairie… you'll find Return to Independence and The Frontier Adventures of Alvah Nye.

Alvah Nye never set out to become a desert guide, but when he encounters a family in desperate need, he can't ride past. With winter-hardened Comanche circling the prairie, outlaws prowling the draws, and sickness dogging their heels, Alvah and his brothers of the trail must fight for every mile on the long road back to Independence, Missouri in 1851.

But arrival isn't the end of the journey. It's only the beginning.

A new wagon, a restless wind, and the faint stirrings of a future he can't yet name all tug Alvah westward toward the life he is meant to build. Somewhere up that storied trail lies purpose, belonging, and the first spark of a destiny waiting to catch fire.

Return to Independence is the gripping prequel to The Frontier Adventures of Alvah Nye, a Western saga of courage, loyalty, frontier yearnings, and the eternal search for home.

Set in the same world as Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail, this novella welcomes new readers and longtime fans eager to follow Alvah Nye into the vast frontier.

Perfect for readers of Louis L'Amour, Larry McMurtry, and clean, classic wagon-train epics of the American West.


Genre: Western



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