The Shadow Catcher

by Micah S. Hackler

Overview

A SERIAL KILLER.
AN APACHE LEGEND.
A TIME OF MURDER AND MAGIC ON ANCIENT GROUND...

The owl moves on heavy wings,
his eyes piercingly bright,
his cry loud and haunting.
The owl is the last thing they see before the sharp
knife flashes...

Sheriff Cliff Lansing is a single father, a part-time rancher, and an overworked lawman suddenly faced with a serial killing spree. A madman is moving through San Phillipe County on New Mexico's Continental Divide, leaving an owl feather by each of his ritually mutilated victims.

While Lansing first suspects that Apache tribal poli­tics lie behind the killings, he cannot ignore a troubled boy who claims to see the murders in his sleep, and then leads Lansing to the bodies. Suddenly, the sher­iff is plunged into a bizarre world of Native American legend and magic. And in a hauntingly beautiful land, Lansing must walk a dangerous path between hard evidence and fleeting visions--to cleanse a blood rage from the earth....

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161588208
Publisher:	Speaking Volumes
Publication date:	11/11/2018
Series:	A Sheriff Lansing Mystery , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Micah S. Hackler was born on November 23, 1950 in the farming community of Hoisington, Kansas. His father was an exploration geologist and the family moved often, living in Colorado, Ohio and Oklahoma, just to name a few states. He always loved the Rocky Mountains. A family trip to Mesa Verde in 1965 started a life-long interest in the Pueblo Indian culture. He resolved to one day be a writer after consuming every novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dabbling as a play write in college, marriage, children and life in general delayed his plans. After graduating from LSU, he joined the Air Force and retired as a Major in 1993. While on active duty, he completed two unpublished manuscripts and one play that was produced. After retiring, he began writing in earnest, producing the Sheriff Lancing mystery series. The four novels, LEGEND OF THE DEAD, COYOTE RETURNS, THE SHADOW CATCHER and THE DARK CANYON, are set in modern day New Mexico and revolve around the exploits of Sheriff Cliff Lansing. Each story involves a mythology unique to the Navajo or Pueblo people. He is currently working on the fifth book of the series. A widower, Micah is a father and grandfather and currently lives with his new wife, Olivia, in Spring, Texas.