It seems like only yesterday when Shari Darling helped send her second husband, Carl Paskel, to prison for molesting her eight-year-old daughter, Tami. Three years have passed, however, and Carl has been released on parole, supposedly living an exemplary life. Carl seems repentant, but Shari is unable to forget his dark side. When the bodies of young girls begin to appear, Shari's friend, seasoned Detective Tom DeMayo, starts receiving poetry claiming responsibility for the horrific crimes. Evidence points to Dale Richards, another child molester who recently completed a thirteen-year prison term. But when Shari begins to interview Carl's former cellmate and self-proclaimed psychic, Russell Blaine, he alleges Carl is killing the girls and is preparing to come after her. Meanwhile, a tormented man stalks victims in the dark of night and cries, knowing nothing will ever be the same for him again. In this gripping thriller, a woman caught in the crosshairs of a serial killer must face her deepest fears with nothing but her anger to protect her.
Randal Anderson is in seventh grade when he rst realizes that women are complicated creatures. As he muddles through his testosterone-infused teen years with nothing more than a simple wish to have a girlfriend one day, Randal has no idea that his soul mate is about to make her rst appearance. One summer evening, shortly after high school graduation, Randal notices a pretty new girl. Though he has never seen her before, she seems strangely familiar. The attraction is so immediate and strong that it almost scares him. But there is one problem Allyson Crawford comes from old money. Randal comes from a middle-class Mormon family. Despite their di erences, however, their love is con rmed in an ancient spirit circle on Timpanogos Mountain. But when Randal makes a stupid mistake, he is morti ed knowing he has lost Allyson forever. After years of regret, a guilt-ridden Randal attempts to go on with his life, but the memories of Timpanogos and that perfect summer love still haunt his mind. He knows what he needs to do to nally rid himself of his phantom love, but it is only then when he discovers that life, just like love, is full of unexpected moments.
As the lambent light from the slumbering fire dances across the roof of the cave, a young girl wakes from a dream. Kec's dream tells her that her clan is in jeopardy, and that Mother Earth expects her to do something to save her people. A magic child will be sent to help her. Far away, Strong Branch, a powerful Shaman of his people, has his own dream. The Great Spirit sends him a warning about a future of conflict and killing. Kec's people are very simple, but they are strong and powerful enough to have survived the ice ages of Pleistocene Europe, by force, for over one-hundred-thousand years. Strong Branch's people are late comers from an alien world far to the South. They bring an advanced technology that allows them to utilize the environment in ways Kec's people never could. As the population of the aliens has grown over a period of more than twenty-thousand years, the stress on the environment has become critical. Kec and Strong Branch must play their parts in a microcosm of the greater struggle for survival. The conclusion of their struggle will establish a new story and a new history for each of their peoples.
It is 3289 when rumors of unusual people living in caves far from his land attract the attention of warrior leader Warlog. His shaman, Rayloc, fears the strangers are servants of evil determined to destroy his way of life. Meanwhile, Sotif, History Man of the Alliance between Earth People and Sun People, tries to guard his culture against changes that could induce Mother Earth to withdraw her blessings-while Warlog focuses on severing that alliance, which has lasted for hundreds of generations, by subjugating the Sun People and destroying the Earth People. Faced with this threat, Sotif races to find the Spirit Fire to help his people defeat Warlog. But the key to success lies in the hands of Tincolad, one of Warlog's warriors who has been captured by the Alliance. Now only time will tell if Sotif can persuade Tincolad to help find the Spirit Fire in time-as the fate of the Earth People hangs in the balance. The second book in a trilogy about the interaction between Neandertals and Cro-Magnons, Spirit Fire presents an epic adventure that sweeps across prehistoric Europe, Asia, and Alaska, as the man who invented war embarks on a quest to conquer the world.
Randal Anderson is in seventh grade when he rst realizes that women are complicated creatures. As he muddles through his testosterone-infused teen years with nothing more than a simple wish to have a girlfriend one day, Randal has no idea that his soul mate is about to make her rst appearance. One summer evening, shortly after high school graduation, Randal notices a pretty new girl. Though he has never seen her before, she seems strangely familiar. The attraction is so immediate and strong that it almost scares him. But there is one problem Allyson Crawford comes from old money. Randal comes from a middle-class Mormon family. Despite their di erences, however, their love is con rmed in an ancient spirit circle on Timpanogos Mountain. But when Randal makes a stupid mistake, he is morti ed knowing he has lost Allyson forever. After years of regret, a guilt-ridden Randal attempts to go on with his life, but the memories of Timpanogos and that perfect summer love still haunt his mind. He knows what he needs to do to nally rid himself of his phantom love, but it is only then when he discovers that life, just like love, is full of unexpected moments.
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