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 got to work Monday morning still angry about Ryley's suspension. Leigh had got hold of Jen McCrey and she would watch Ryley for the three days. The change in Ryley's routine upset him, but as long as Jen had a TV, he'd be fine.


He took a moment in his office to review the files on his desk. They'd run into a dead end on the murder of the American hunters. Roger Dupreis was the last person to see them alive. He had been their guide and presumably watched them shoot a white moose. Darren explained a white animal was a spirit messenger for many of the First Nations peoples and Roger would have been very upset they shot it.


They couldn't find Roger Dupreis at any of the places he normally lived. He hadn't been home to see his girlfriend, he wasn't at the lodge, none of his relatives had heard from him. It didn't feel like they were covering for him either. Darren insisted they looked genuinely worried.


Chapter 60