For your reading pleasure – free 3 chapters to read – click on the title below or on the book cover.
It was a magnificent sight that Jamaica hopes to never see again: a man, tied to a cross, his loincloth catching in the wind as he plummeted down into the Rio Grande Gorge to his death. That is, if he wasn’t dead already.
Ever since she learned about Los Penitentes, a secret, ancient religious group that reenacts Jesus’ crucifixion and practices excessive penance, Jamaica’s been fascinated, putting together a book of sketchings and research. And this death in the Gorge seems to fits with everything she has learned. But a haunted old priest warns Jamaica to put down her pencil…
Her superiors wouldn’t mind if she kept her nose out of things, either. But too many strange things are happening for Jamaica to pay any mind. For one, her medicine teacher, Momma Anna, has given her a cryptic assignment. And when someone makes an attempt on her life, Jamaica sets out on a fact-finding mission that could very well send her, like the crucified man, over the edge…
Sandi will be at reading and signing the book
Feb 20, 2010 2:00 – 4:00 PM
The Treasure House Books and Gifts
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2012 South Plaza NW, in Old Town, Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-242-7204
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About the author:
Sandi Ault, author
Sandi Ault currently lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Where in addition to writing novel she has been a volunteer firefighter as well as a Fire Information Officer responding locally and nationally to wildfires.
Ms. Ault teaches WILD Writing Workshops, and frequently appears as a speaker on the issues of wilderness, wolves, writing, and many aspects of Indian Country, among other topics.
These chapters are made available by permission
of Berkeley Publishing Group, New York.
What the critics are saying:
“Fast and furious . . . The mystery deepens with every page. If you enjoy the outdoors, the mysticism of Indian cultures, along with breakneck adventure, Ault’s WILD series might just get your heart racing.”
—The Charlotte Observer, reviewing WILD INFERNO
“…you might as well turn off the phone and lock the door, you are in it until the very last page releases its hold on you.”
—The Coloradoan, reviewing WILD SORROW
See the Albuquerque Arts interview in the February 2010 issue!
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