Fear Caller
By (Author) Beverly Hamowitz
BookBaby
BookBaby
2nd November 2020
United States
Paperback
420
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 27mm
662g
Deciding not to die is not the same as choosing to live . . .
Ned Harper had just returned from the Civil War as a battle-wearied drummer boy, when an old Indian woman told him her people believe Rabbit is the Fear Caller. "His fears are so loud, they shout to the things he's most afraid of: 'Here I am Hawk, this is where I'm hiding Mountain Lion, come find me Arrow!' And his fears find him just as surely as yours will find you, if you do not quiet them."
Now, shattered by tragedy, the young rancher is more afraid of living than dying. In 1875, summer in the Colorado Territories should have been a pleasant time for himthe wild berries were ripening, three of his mares were in foal, and the town barber had formed a rag-tag baseball team. All of which only added to Ned's deepening despair. Every day it becomes more difficult for him to resist the urge to walk into the woods and never come out. When he unleashes his rage and pain in a shameful act of violence, his spirit takes the first steps toward that dark forest.
Years before, Ned had taken the Indian's words as the warning he knew they were meant to be, but nothing could have prepared him for what he would one day call to himself.
And, deciding whether to live or die would be the least of his troubles.
Beverly Hamowitz is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice. She lives in San Diego with her guitar-making husband and three not-so-feral rescue cats. As a therapist, she's been privileged to help many individuals, couples, and families understand the fears they've called to themselves and find the means to tame them. Her own worst fears are not having enough time to write the books she hopes to write or read the books she wants to read.