Lois D. Brown
ASIN: B00SLPQAHS
Publisher: Levanter Publishing
Pages: 291
In 1520, a quarter million people were slaughtered, a king was tortured to death, a civilization was annihilated—all over Aztec gold.Five hundred years later the killing hasn’t stopped.AFTER MONTHS OF starvation and torture at the hands of terrorists, black ops officer Maria Branson is rescued and returned to the U.S. While her body heals, her mind does not. Plagued with panic and hallucinations, she quits the CIA and takes the job of small-town police chief.Rest and relaxation are the doctor’s orders. However, Maria gets neither. During her first week on the job the mayor’s truck is found abandoned in the middle of the rugged southwestern mountains.Was it a hiking trip gone bad or something more sinister?As Maria uncovers clues that indicate a crime centuries in the making, her hallucinations become more real –and dangerous.Are the ghosts she sees symptoms of PTSD, or has the ...