The Owl and the Raven — Micah S. Hackler

From the author of Legend of the Dead

New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe -- a murder. A tormented Benedictine Monk. A new teacher at Las Palmas Middle/High School escaping her past. A Cartel Drug Lord out for vengeance.

Sheriff Cliff Lansing meets a mysterious woman who disappears. His only proof she existed -- a silver necklace with a turquoise stone called Lagrima de la Madre: Tear of the Mother.

What follows is a series of tragedies and death. San Phillipe County is set ablaze as the Owl -- the Apache Omen of Death -- orchestrates her revenge. To understand what's happening, Lansing must enter the realm of witchcraft and terror.

As forces beyond his control converge on the high desert, Lansing -- increasingly alone -- finds unlikely allies in a desolate canyon.

On the steps of an isolated monastery the agents of Good and Evil gather to fight their ultimate battle -- as the Raven watches -- biding his time.