the tragedy of a fire. Foreign born and raised, Milena Shabanov flees from a home she loves to the strange and barbaric America.   A Romani blessed with "the sight," she is content in the company of visions and spirit oracles, but finds herself lost and alone in a brutal mining town with little use for women. Surrounded by inhumane working conditions at the mine, senseless death, and overwhelming greed, miners begin disappearing and the officers of the mine don't care. Tempers flare and Jack must decide where he stands: with the officers and mining president--Victor Creely--to whom Jack owes his life, or to the miners whose lives are worth less to the company than pack animals.   Milena, sensing deep despair and death in a mining town infested with restless spirits, searches for answers to the workers' disappearances.   But she can't trust anyone, especially not Jack Buchanan, a man haunted by his own past. Reviews for First, There is a River Remarkable, haunting and utterly unforgettable. Emma captures the reader's heart; you desperately want her to find happiness and healing. You hope she'll find a way to love again even though she's suffered so much pain.   Her inner strength is admirable, all she needed to escape her husband's cruelty was someone to lend his or her aid and support her during the healing process. First, There Is a River will remain with you long after you finish the last page. -- Sharyn McGinty, www.inthelibraryreviews.net Kathy Steffen provides her audience with a