Out of the Blue — Charles Mills

Welcome to Shadow Creek Ranch. When the engine of young pilot Nathan McMillen s Cessna stalled, he figured he was done for. He was ten thousand feet in the air, flying a small, high-wing airplane over the rugged mountains of western Montana. Under these circumstances, a pilot doesn t slow to a stop a pilot potentially glides to a crash. Wendy Hanson had woken up early to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. She couldn t help but look into the towering mountains surrounding her quiet valley. She could see an airplane in the distance, but I moved without sound, like a phantom flying in the bright summer air. It took her but a moment to realize something was wrong. The plane was headed right toward the only pasture in the area. And right in the middle of that pasture was a horse her horse. And if she didn t do something fast, the results wouldn t be pretty. Shadow Creek Ranch is a special place full of beautiful things like rivers and mountains, horses to ride, and nature to explore. But it s also a place for troubled young people to escape from pain, the past, you name it. It s also for them to heal. Nathan and Wendy s introduction to each other hadn t gone very smoothly. But when that airplane fell from the sky and crash-landed at Shadow Creek Ranch, it would start them on an adventure that would not just change their lives forever, but would be a miracle to those around them as well.