The Last Creation

Hopi migration myths illuminate the third book in The Arizona Series. After six years of searching, Guy finally discovers Rose working on the Rawlings' nearly dismantled ranch. The girl is now a woman still using her adopted name, Jane. Although medication helps her manage her bi-polar symptoms, her first impulse upon seeing Guy is to run. Alternating chapters describe her deteriorating mental state as she camps among the Homolovi ruins on the Little Colorado River; her pursuit by Guy, Kate, and Richard; and Guy's adventures in the central Arizona desert six years prior as he struggles to recover the Arabian stallion that Rose had run away on. Despite the hardships each narrative describes, including the death of the little spotted dog, Pearl, all paths lead home by the end.