Dawn's Fire (Book 2 of Dawn Fire Trilogy)

Bereft of most of their families, the young inhabitants of Fredens Dal (the Valley of Peace) are forced to turn their backs on all that they know and start a long perilous trek to their captors’ home. Hardship and unimaginable perils face the Norwegian prisoners around every bend in the winter clad wilderness. Battered in both heart and spirit they struggle to hold onto their belief in a God who seems to have abandoned them.
In spite of all that has happened Julianna Jakobsen blossoms in the harsh circumstances she finds herself in and becomes a beacon of support and faith to all her fellow captives. But as her relationship to her Savior strengthens a series of hardships and trials continue to batter at her and her weary siblings in faith. However as they continue to endure and their Heavenly Father rescues them again and again by miraculous means, their Indian captors begin to take note. Soon the white slaves win the respect of most of their masters.
That is, all except one. Burning Coal, the eldest member of the band of Arapaho scouts finds his loathing of the infamous white man growing with each new phenomenon which occurs on their behalf. And as his young leader Lion Claw becomes steadily more attached to the lovely young Julianna, Burning Coal’s hatred finds its focus on her.
Will the children of Fredens Dal be able to survive their long forced march in the dead of winter? And once they reach their journey’s end will they find places in which to build lives for themselves in their new alien home? Discover the wondrous provisions which the Author of Life has made for His weary children, and how He uses them to touch the lives of the Indian Tribe who has taken them in.