Book excerpt: Brock, Sophie and Huck leave Dry Springs, in a story as sweeping and grand as the canyon they now live in. Their adventures include a family washed away by a flash flood, a kidnapped orphan, an aging hunter--with wisdom and experience to share--and a series of deadly battles with the vicious and vengeful Paiutes.Battle on the Plateau is the exciting first book in the new Grand Canyon trilogy and the fourth book in the best-selling Brock Clemons Western series, following the tremendously successful Dry Springs trilogy.