The Spirit of Stone-and-Light Canyon

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Seventeen-year-old Abigail Brodie CarsonAbbyis adventurous, self-assured and, too often, impulsive. On an early summer evening, Abby finds herself alone in her backyard, bummed and brooding. Her pals Jake and Mayumi are on family vacations while she starts the summer stuck at homeas usual. However, a late-night encounter with her creepy neighbor swiftly puts an end to Abbys frustrations, when shes told a chilling legendThe spirit is real, you know. And he follows all hikers through the canyonhis canyona tale that leads to haunting nightmares.

But even the otherworldly existence of an ancient spirit doesnt stop Abby from finding the secret canyon hidden in the rugged New Mexico wilderness. Alone in the canyon, Abby encounters inexplicable happenings eerie sensations radiating from the rock formations, being knocked down by an invisible force, and a prickly feeling of being watchedleading her to believe there may be truth to the legend of the spirit who guards the canyon.

But when Abbys friends return from vacation, she ignores the sinister warningsincluding a slashed tireand convinces them to camp and hunt fossils in the canyon. But theres much more to Stone-and-Light Canyon than an ancient legend. And it soon becomes clear that their survival depends on outsmarting not only an invisible and tenacious force, but also a sinister, flesh and blood inhabitant of this eerie world.

The rugged and stunning beauty of a corner of the American southwest sets the scene for this tense and mysterious tale of The Spirit of Stone-and-Light Canyon that will thrill the reader with every twist and turn through the ancient stones.

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Linda Quattrochi's love of all things science led her to a PhD in Biochemistry to a career in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology to her recent interest in Paleontology. She currently volunteers at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science where she spends her hours chiseling out and restoring dinosaur bones. In good weather, she's out in the buttes and canyons hunting fossils.