Diamond and the Shape Shifting Mayans — Dewey Dempsey

DIAMOND RISING STAR ADAIR IS BACK FOR HER FOURTH ADVENTURE SOLVING CRIMES AND SAVING LIVES Diamond Rising Star Adair is a Cherokee detective and medicine woman. This is the fourth in the series and the action is a blend of high tech and Native American Shamanism. Both the Mayans and Diamond and her partners use shape shifting in the some of the battles. This novel is set in 2006 and 2007. The action moves around the United States and Canada including Vancouver Island and Chilliwack, British Columbia; Los Angeles, Denver, El Paso, Reno, the Black Rock Desert, Vermont, Spokane, Seattle; and, Odanak Montreal, Magog and Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Diamond's former lover Jim Sullivan is killed by the more militant Mayans who are angry at their defeat [Diamond: Psychotic Psychiatrists and Mad Mayans]. These militants are part of a secret set of tribes within the larger Mayan Revenant group. They are intent on infiltrating and taking over the United States as part of the 2012 prophecies and feel that Diamond and her agency are the biggest block. They launder money for the drug cartels and use the cartel's soldiers in their war to kill Diamond and her friends. The climax is in the Black Rock Desert during the 2007 Burning Man gathering.