The Shaman’s Secret

A member of "The Keepers of Order," an armed militia determined to hunt down the culprits who have been poaching bighorn sheep, is shot while patrolling one of the remotest parts of Utah's rugged backcountry. In pursuit of the shooter, Deputy Sheriff Manny Rivera stumbles upon another crime linked to the activities of a Ute medicine man who roamed those same lands in the early 1700s. With the help of a smart, young anthropologist, Rivera plunges into the past to unravel a sequence of bizarre events underlying a shocking murder. In the end, he's once again forced to choose between enforcing the letter of the law and serving the cause of justice.

RICH CURTIN is the author of the popular Manny Rivera Mystery Series. He has spent many enjoyable days and nights hiking, jeeping, rafting, and camping out in the backcountry of the Four corners area. He is intimately familiar with the canyon country about which he writes, and has been an Amazon Kindle Top 100 Author. He is a retired Executive Vice President of Southwest Research Institute.