BLOOD AND BOND
Eddie Cloudrunner, rancher and teacher, has been living a relatively normal life, until the dark specter of a dead relative begins dogging his every step. His discomfort increases after a call from local businessman, Pete Waldham. Pete wants Eddie to save the Waldham family from an Indian curse that he believes was brought on by illegal hunting in the legendary Spirit Canyon. Eddie had witnessed the trespass twenty-eight years before, yet he dismisses the man as paranoid.
When Beth Hardemann, Sean Waldham and Martin Bradley (three offspring of the defilers) arrive, they spark disasters and revelations. Eddie experiences paranormal knowledge about the lives of these new arrivals. Add to this the dark reality of deadly environmental changes in the valley, and Eddie is compelled to venture into spiritual depths he had avoided for decades.
While Eddie delves into the mysticism of his long-denied beliefs—the different reality from what others call objective—the capricious Rocky Mountain environment confounds the situation with harsh and unseasonable weather.
This Novel of the West provides a deft blend of environmental mystery, romance, and surrealistic enlightenment of one man to his family's culture and history.