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Sheriff Skip Harding and Jay Little Hawk discover that their shared history has bound them together once again as they battle a terrifying and mysterious force and an awakening ancient evil, in a magical tale blending elements of mystery, suspense, and Native American mythology. A first novel.
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Owl Goingback (Choctaw-Cherokee) has written and published everything from poetry to self-defense articles. He has authored numerous works of fiction, including Grass Dancer, a Nebula Award Finalist. Goingback lives in Florida.
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A first novel about an ancient monster that emerges from beneath the earth to terrorize a Missouri small town. Some shift in a faultline has awakened the monster, which is huge and demonlike, with evil-seeming eyes. It looks something like a bear and has the skin and slithering capability of a reptile. And it's hungry. First, it kills a teenage boy on the way to pick up his date, then the man who discovers him. Then it devours a herd of cattle and the farmer who tries to defend them- -giving rise to cattle mutilation stories among the locals. Bullets won't stop the monster, because it's really a demon. Only magic will work: Goingback, who is Choctaw, pits Jay Little Hawk against the demon, but even he, with all of his hunting lore, must consult with an old shaman to divine just what the demon is and how it can be killed. Little Hawk joins with the local sheriff, Skip Harding, who did battle with the demon and lived to tell the tale, and together the two bring the thing down with a magic, stone-pointed arrow. All of which is extremely similar to--though far less imaginative than--last summer's Christian crossover, Frank Peretti's The Oath. Goingback is readable and his Choctaw lore appealing. But his story quickly drops into the banal suspense of a Dean Koontz or Clive Barker. He isn't, however, any worse. -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherDutton
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 155611480X
- ISBN 13 9781556114809
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. AS2 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, lightly curled cover, a few scattered stains, scratches and rubbing on the cover, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.25"x6.25", 292 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Owl Goingback is an American author of horror and children's books, a fiction ghostwriter, and a writer of non-fiction. Having served as a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force, and the former owner of a restaurant and lounge, Owl Goingback became a full-time writer in 1987. He has written numerous novels, children's books, short stories, and magazine articles. He has also ghostwritten novels for celebrities. Goingback's shorter works of fiction have appeared in numerous anthologies, including Tales from the Great Turtle, Confederacy of the Dead, Phantoms of the Night, Excalibur, The Book of Kings, When Will You Rage?, Once Upon a Midnight, Quest to Riverworld, Grails: Visitations of the Night, and South from Midnight. In 2020 Goingback's novel Coyote Rage was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for Novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). Seller Inventory # ec54661
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