Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

A white moose, seen as a spirit animal by the Cree is shot. The hunters are murdered, then the hunting lodges burned to the ground. A group calling themselves the White Moose Clan has declared war on Canada and Spruce Bay is caught in the middle. Jim and Leigh struggle with escalating tensions between groups in town as events spiral out of control.

Spruce Bay

Leigh drank her coffee and watched people go by in the mall. She didn't see Joe or any of the others she hoped to see. 


"Tansi, nôsisim" Kohkom sat down at Leigh's table. 


"Tansi, Kohkom," Leigh said, "I am so mad at myself. People were coming to learn who hadn't come in years. I ruined it all."


"They didn't like that you weren't going to teach them all yourself."


"I tried to push my ideas of education on them."


"Yes." Kohkom accepted her tea from the girl behind the counter. "It is how you are trained." She shook her head. "I remember little Joe not wanting to learn how to clean a fish. He wanted to catch them, he liked to eat them, but he didn't like the work of cleaning them. Much time was spent trying to trick his father or his brothers into cleaning fish for him."


"He cleans his own fish now, I'm sure." Leigh said.


Chapter 22