The Guardian Hills Saga
by Mark-John Schmitz
Category: Fiction

"Sleep, my baby," she whispered with a smile, "sleep through the night...all will be well...all will be right." Racial tension grips Westcreek, Minnesota. Sparked by the murders of four white men on reservation land, the tension is flared by the little town's depression, isolation, and intolerance. An ensuing investigation by a hapless sheriff and a rogue deputy leads to the "accidental" death of an Indian elder. But this is no mere Indian elder: Decoreous Blackfoot is a guardian-the last true chief of the Ojibwe First Nation, charged with watching over a forest full of splendid and unusual life. His grandson would witness his demise. Suddenly alone and enraged, this most unlikely little Indian ascends a throne of spiritual power and magic. Out for revenge, he unleashes a blazing war upon little Westcreek, his army a gathering of macabre soldiers. Only in death, however, does he find wanted peace. The Guardian Hills Saga underscores the belief that no one truly wins in a racial war. Or do they?