Wes Nickel a young Blackfoot Native discovered the brutality of the world the hard way. He retaliated as best he knew how leaving family, friends and home to seek out what the world had to offer. From this he grew into a young man taking what he had learned and turned his life around. This is the first novel in the Smoothwolf series. It is a large novel at 600 pages and 70,000 plus words. The next in the series has been completed has been completed with the exception a few final touches. I anticipate it should be available within the next few weeks. Wes like many today suffer from separation of family and friends for whatever the reason may be. Should it be allowed to continue we eventually become separated from ourselves? At some point and time in life we are called to bring everything back into proper order. Should we fail to come to grips then we walk lost in the wilderness then we never understand and become distant and lonely. We will miss out on much of what life has to offer and the greatest loss of all is love. Though this book is fictional in nature much of what you will read happens throughout the world and goes unanswered. Sadly far more often than we hear of. I invite you to come along and follow the life of a man who learned to value life and found what he has sought. His journey is a journey of self discovery and it is my hope maybe one life can be changed through the words I offer.