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 sat in the mall and read. She'd been reading steady for the last two days. Coming to the mall had been scary, but nobody made a fuss over her. She was welcomed, then ignored. The protest had gone beyond how one teacher had been treated badly.  Leigh listened while she took breaks and she heard stories of how other teachers felt abused by the School Board. Ms. Taladut was the latest symptom, but she wasn't the problem


The children who laid or sat around Leigh ranged from Kindergarten students to teens in high school. Something about a story being read out loud drew people. She'd noticed a few adults sitting close enough to hear as well.


Chapter Fifteen