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

The light faded and Leigh opened her eyes. She was in the hospital room again, or was it still? She lifted her hands to look; they were bandaged. The sheets were tented over her feet and she felt a numb pain in one leg. Jim sat in the chair snoring.


The voices were quiet. They weren't gone, they'd always be there close to the surface, but she could live with quiet. Leigh thought about waking Jim, but his snoring was so comforting she just lay and listened until she fell back to sleep.


She woke again and felt Jim's hand on her arm. She smiled up at him.


"It was Joe that saved you." Jim didn't let go of her. "Ryley who fought for you."


"Silly." Leigh put her hand on his. "You've always been my hero."


"It's good to have heroes." He brushed her hair away from her face. "You're my hero. You get up and smile, and go teach your class to make the world a better place. I catch the bad guys. You're the one who stops them from becoming bad guys."


Chapter 53