Circle for the Earth: A Time Travel Saga to Forge a Sustainable Future

Circle for the Earth begins with an astonishing event: a South Dakota Indian casino and a thirty-mile radius of surrounding land and people are suddenly transported to the year 1791, decades before the Louisiana Purchase. Thrust into the past, the modern-day Lakota community and local residents must navigate an unfamiliar world where every decision shapes the future they hope to build.

Rebuilding society from the ground up, they confront questions of governance, culture, technology, and survival. Some see the past as an opportunity to heal long-standing harms. Others see it as a chance to seize power. As conflicts rise within the community and external threats gather beyond their borders, the people must decide who they are, and who they are becoming.

The story centers on compelling and deeply human characters:

• Rose Chasing Hawk, a single mother unexpectedly called into leadership while raising teenagers in a world with no modern infrastructure
• Oliver Jackson, a Black former police officer and Iraq War veteran who brings hard-earned experience and sharp instincts to a community on edge
• Two Elks, Two Elks, a Lakota leader native to 1791, defends his homeland from outsiders wielding strange technologies and unsettling values.

Drawing from a lifetime of experience in Indigenous knowledge, plant medicine, midwifery, and emergency preparedness, author Daphne Singingtree creates a vivid and immersive world. The novel blends cultural resilience with gripping adventure, offering a story of community, courage, and the possibility of creating a more balanced relationship with the Earth.

Perfect for readers of Eric Flint’s 1632, Sarah Woodbury’s After Cilmeri series, and fans of time travel, alternate history, and Indigenous futurism.