Stealing Childhood

by Terry Persun

Overview

Human trafficking kingpins, a shamanic sect, and a reluctant FBI team merge to stop Dan and Jason Johnston from doing their best shamanic work.

Dan and Jason Johnston are called to work with the FBI on a human trafficking assignment, targeted at Native American teens. Agent Rafsky, who doesn't know why Dan and his son were called in on the case, and is skeptical of their skills, has her own way of handling things and would rather be left alone to do her job. A, long-ago friend of Dan's, is also involved, but now appears very suspicious. The whole operation is delicate and could result in failure as well as the deaths of some of the girls.

Complications escalate once Dan realizes that other Shaman are involved. As the novel pitches Dan and Jason against dangers found while in altered states of consciousness, they also have to deal with skepticism and physical roadblocks from the FBI. Everything comes to a head when the FBI uses Jason to infiltrate the trafficking operation and gets found out. That's when Dan gets physically involved himself, putting him, Jason, and his friend in danger.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798881114244
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	05/21/2019
Series:	Shaman Detective series , #3
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Terry Persun's books have taken readers to the uncharted worlds near the edge of the galaxy ("Hear No Evil"), to lands where shape shifters battle humans (the "Doublesight" series), to the near future in both technology ("The Killing Machine" and "Revision 7:DNA") and shamanism ("The NSA Files" and "The Voodoo Case"), all while keeping the pace with thriller/suspense novels. He's also ventured into history ("Sweet Song" and "Ten Months in Wonderland"), contemporary crime ("Man by the Door" and "Mistake In Identity"), and mainstream novels ("The Perceived Darkness", "Wolf's Rite", and "Deception Creek").

Despite his adventures into other worlds, altered states, and other people's lives, he is said to be fairly average--but that's not a consensus by any means.

Persun lives in Washington state with his wife, seven horses, dozen or so chickens (at any one time), and several cats (a few strays). There's no telling what animals will come to live with them next. When he's not writing or with the animals...well, you probably won't see him--except here: www.TerryPersun.com

Editorial Reviews

I really enjoyed the story, not only for the unusual plot line, but for a view into a Shamanic method of investigating a crime. This story was very easy and fast read. I want more to hear more exploits of Dan and his son!

Amazon - Jacqueline Sullivan

This book drew me in immediately. The detail and atmosphere were unusual and moving. This book transported me into a world I was relatively unfamiliar with, but by the end of the book I felt a window into an alternative world had opened...much like the story, itself. Truly excellent read. The characters were easy to identify with, especially the conflicting emotions of a father and son trying to protect each other while in a progressively dangerous situation.

Amazon - Anonymous Customer

I thought the use of altered states of consciousness, Native tools, and animal guides, all a part of Native American tradition, a fascinating twist to use in a Detective Novel. I have struggled to find authors that portray Native teachings in contemporary style. This author is doing just that. The author has published other books using this technique in his Mainstream genre. Wolf's Rite portrays an Ancient Native American Ritual revisited.

Amazon - Melba Burke