The Dark Canyon

by Micah S. Hackler

Overview

IN A RUGGED LAND
STEEPED IN THE BLOOD OF HISTORY.
A KILLER HAS COME BACK
FOR REVENGE....

NEW BLOOD ON AN ANCIENT GROUND...

In an air-conditioned university office, a man lies dead, brutally bludgeoned. A hundred miles away, in the high, arid New Mexico mountain country that Sheriff Cliff Lansing is sworn to protect, an animal is devastating ranchers' livestock, and is now turning to human prey....

For Lansing, the two cases are linked. The murder vic­tim was part of an archaeological dig, and a local Indian believes that the animal killings have been unleashed by the excavations. Struggling to put together the jagged pieces of a puzzle. Lansing unearths a mystery of a missing emerald carving, a one-hundred-year-old diary, and a man accused of a crime he did not commit.

To stop the bloodshed, Lansing must throw out every­thing he has ever believed about police work, evidence, and reason. Because between an archaeologist's ambi­tions and the secrets still hidden in the land, Lansing must follow his own trail of myth, legend, and intuition—to find a very real killer stalking the night....

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161979389
Publisher:	Speaking Volumes
Publication date:	01/11/2019
Series:	A Sheriff Lansing Mystery , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 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 While on active duty, he completed two unpublished manuscripts and one play that was produced.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.