Stephen Burckhardt

Into the West Stephen Burckhardt

The Territories Saga Serials Collection

Introducing a new serial book collection, The Territories Saga Serials. The concept is based on the old "cliffhanger" movie serial shorts they used to play before the main feature in theaters. Each book is written as an instalment in a serial collection. Each saga serial is divided into 5 or more novellas. These are intended to be short entertaining reads for busy people. Titles are currently available in paperback and ebooks.
Into the West: A New Home - Special Edition (Contains parts 1 & 2)

Into the West: The Orphan Train
Part One of Book One in The Territories Saga Serials

Margret MacBride loves her children more than life itself, but as a young widow she can't support her and her children on a maid's salary. After losing their home they struggle for years to survive living on the streets of New York City. Distraught, Margret turns to the church for guidance. Sister Mary Agnus convinces Margret her children will be better off if she turns them over to the Catholic Foundling Aid Society under the care of their aid worker, Mrs. Kelly, for placement in a new home.

Taken from the only home they have ever known, Elizabeth and Conner MacBride are frightened and homesick. When Elizabeth finds herself in trouble after a run-in with the foundling home's director, Sister Mary Clare, and bullied by one of the other children, Mrs. Kelly has to put her job on the line to get Elizabeth and her brother on the Orphan Train and find them a new home in the wild western territories.

Into the West: A New Home
Part Two of the First Book in The Territories Saga Serials Collection

Elizabeth and Conner MacBride make it onto The Orphan Train heading into the west. Their caseworker, Mrs. Kelly is reluctant to part with the children as she struggles with the agreement she was forced to make with Sister Mary Clare to keep the children on the train.

If Mrs. Kelly keeps her promise, she will keep her job but she may break Elizabeth and Conner's hearts in the process. As the train makes its final stop, Mrs. Kelly must choose, place the children with strangers or return them to the Catholic Foundling Aid Society's home in New York City under the direction of Sister Mary Clare, something she does not want to do.
Living in a small cowtown in the Kansas territory would be a new and frightening experience for the children but with the help of a few good people they might be able to make new lives for themselves and find a new home in the wild west.