Publisher's Synopsis
"Evil forces threaten Bradestone Island." In an unexpected phone call, Cousin Mary warns Tlingit elder Willie Cloudmaker of the dark danger, and she is coming from New Halem, Oregon to help. She foresees many things before they happen. Will she arrive in time to help Willie and his intimate circle of friends?
Besides evil approaching the island, Teri Roberts and her close college friend, Brooke Hamlin, are having a post-graduate working summer on Bradestone. Chauffeuring them from the ferry dock in the Black Mariah is Alex Beahzhi. Is he innocently driving them into further danger that lays ahead?
Back at the Inn of the Amber Crow, Kay Roberts is stunned to find out she has an aunt. Maureen Roberts D'Moresby, who lives in Northern Canada, who is coming to Bradestone for a visit. This is good, but Aunt Maureen has strangely given all her possessions to Kay...why?
The Magpie, a nefarious member of Aunt Maureen's tribe, is a trader in extortion and treachery. He has quietly disappeared into the briny depths of the Salish Sea. Did he carry with him the knowledge of who or what is the Hooting Woman?
Edgar, the Amber Crow, his feather's unruffled, is continually alert to his human partner's foibles. Will his best efforts be enough to warn and protect his initially clueless friends?
For the curious reader, the only way to answer these bothersome questions is to attack this mysterious tale and untangle the threads of obfuscation and intrigue.
