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 walked Gretta into the room they'd reinforced for holding people and removed everything from her that could be used as a weapon. It made a substantial pile.


"Don't cause any trouble," Jim said, "I'm going to talk to Division. If you're expecting your army friends to come and sweep you away, I would suggest you don't make any more work for them than you already have." He pointed up to the corner. "Video camera. It feeds to a computer here on site. Do anything stupid and we'll have it on tape.


"Sure, when I can arrange a secure line for you. The last person to talk to a lawyer' from here," Jim made air quotes when he said lawyer, "got himself shot on the way to Thompson."


"Just a warning, some people value silence over friendship."


Jim locked her in and went to his office.


Chapter Forty-Four