About the Author

Michael Ross is a lover of history and great stories. He's a retired software engineer turned author, with three children, and five grandchildren, living in Newton, Kansas with his wife of 42 years. Michael graduated from Rice University and Portland State University with degrees in German and software engineering. He was part of an MBA program at Boston University. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, and still loves Texas. He's written short stories and technical articles in the past, as well as articles for the Texas Historical Society. Across the Great Divide now has three novels in the series, "The Clouds of War", "The Search", and "The Founding". The series has won many awards and positive reviews, including Silver Medal Book of the Year from the Coffee Pot Book Club (The Search), Honorable Mention Book of the Year (Clouds of War), Five Star Firebird award, Five Star Chanticleer International Book award, short listed for the Chanticleer Laramie award 2021, and Publisher's Weekly positive review. Clouds of War was an Amazon #1 best seller in three categories in 2019.

Reviews

Table of ContentsThe Founding (Across the Great Divide, #3) ............................................... 1Prologue................................................................................................................ 2Chapter 1.............................................................................................................. 9Chapter 2............................................................................................................32Chapter 3............................................................................................................41Chapter 4............................................................................................................61Chapter 5............................................................................................................78Chapter 6............................................................................................................98Chapter 7......................................................................................................... 107Chapter 8......................................................................................................... 119Chapter 9......................................................................................................... 135Chapter 10 ...................................................................................................... 145Chapter 11 ...................................................................................................... 156Chapter 12 ...................................................................................................... 179Chapter 13 ...................................................................................................... 181Chapter 14 ...................................................................................................... 190Chapter 15 ...................................................................................................... 194Chapter 16 ...................................................................................................... 199Chapter 17 ...................................................................................................... 217Chapter 18 ...................................................................................................... 229Chapter 19 ...................................................................................................... 238Chapter 20 ...................................................................................................... 264Author's Notes ............................................................................................... 269