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

Jim finished his shift and went home. He'd had spent much of the night showing Darren around the community and the outlying areas. Darren was the newest member of the detachment - a Cree from Saskatchewan. Staff hoped people would be more willing to trust a First Nations officer. 


"A cop is a cop. Most of the people who don't talk to you won't talk me. They just won't talk to me in Cree instead of English." 


Jim already liked him and planned to ask Leigh if she wanted to invite him for supper one night. 


Jim put the truck in park then reached for his holster heart pounding. The door to their home swung in the wind. Leigh was very particular about shutting and locking the doors, even before the children invaded their home. He called dispatch and reported the problem. 


"Back up is on its way," dispatch responded, "Wait."


Chapter 42