Mary Carmichael-Owl

Bear Walker Mary Carmichael-Owl

DETECTIVE SARA MANN IS ASKED BY THE TURTLE ISLAND BAND TO COME. THREE OF THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN RITUALISTIC VIOLENT ACTS REMINISCENT OF AN ANCIENT EVIL THAT'S NAME IS NEVER SPOKEN ALOUD. PASSED DOWN IN WHISPERS, A NAME THAT INVOKES FEAR AND UNEASE. THE MEN SPEAK OF THEIR BELIEFS THAT IT IS THEIR DUTY TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE, BUT HOW DO YOU FIGHT THIS? THE OLD ONES WHISPER OF EVIL TO COME, OF THE LONG SLEEP THAT THE UNSPOKEN ONE HAS HAD. THEY MUST PREPARE AND BE READY. THE CALL FOR HELP HAS BEEN SENT TO SARA. THE FORENSICS STATE THAT THE SLASHES WERE BEAR CLAWS ON THE EVISCERATED BODIES. THERE WERE DEEP SLASHES AND BITES, THE HEARTS OF ALL THREE MEN... MISSING. THEY USE THE ISLAND TO HARVEST FROM, BUT WILL NOT LIVE THERE. EVIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT. THE OLD BURIAL GROUNDS WITH ITS TRAGIC AND DEADLY SECRETS. THE OLD NAMES NOW BEING WHISPERED, BEAR WALKER, SHAPE SHIFTERS, WENDIGOS. THE ELDERS KNOW THE STORIES; THE YOUNG ONES DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEM. HOW CAN THEY FIGHT THIS EVIL IF THEY CAN'T STAND TOGETHER? IF THE EVIL CAN JUMP FROM PERSON TO PERSON, WHO CAN YOU TRUST?