Deep Canyons: Under Carico's Moons, Book Two by Nan C Ballard

Haunted by her past, Lee Vawn-Cory joins a trek on horseback to explore an unsettled region of the planet Carico. Nothing like hooves on the ground to get to know a place. Then her horses show up at Seth Reilly’s place without her. He sets out to find her, dreading all the things that can go wrong in the wilds. But what he finds is beyond his wildest imaginings. Captured by non-human castaways, he is taken to a hidden enclave where he discovers Lee already being held. It’s not as simple as escaping. The future of Carico depends on finding a path to peaceful contact between the stranded castaways and the planet’s human colonists.

“Shocking discoveries change—and raise—the stakes for a frontier planet in this exciting sequel to Distant Trails.”

-Karen Eisenbrey

author of the Daughter of Magic trilogy and St. Rage duology



“Exquisite portrayal of the landscape, vegetation, and fauna of a distant planet with two moons—and complicated people in love and in peril.”

-Barb Lachenbruch

author and Professor Emeritus of Forest Ecology