The Dark Canyon, Micah S. Hackler
The Dark Canyon, Micah S. Hackler
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The Dark Canyon

Author: Micah S. Hackler

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2019

Synopsis

In a rugged land steeped in the blood of history, a killer has come back for revenge. New blood on an ancient ground …In an air-conditioned university office, a man lies dead, brutally bludgeoned. A hundred miles away, in the high, arid New Mexico mountain country that Sheriff Cliff Lansing is sworn to protect, an animal is devastating ranchers’ livestock, and is now turning to human prey …For Lansing, the two cases are linked. The murder vic­tim was part of an archaeological dig, and a local Indian believes that the animal killings have been unleashed by the excavations. Struggling to put together the jagged pieces of a puzzle, Lansing unearths a mystery of a missing emerald carving, a hundred-year-old diary, and a man accused of a crime he did not commit.To stop the bloodshed, Lansing must throw out every­thing he has ever believed about police work, evidence, and reason. Because between an archaeologist’s ambi­tions and the secrets still hidden in the land, Lansing must follow his own trail of myth, legend, and intuition—to find a very real killer stalking the night.

About Micah S. Hackler

Micah S. Hackler was born on November 23, 1950, in the farming community of Hoisington, Kansas. A family trip to Mesa Verde in 1965 started a lifelong interest in the Pueblo Indian culture. He resolved to one day be a writer after consuming every novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. After graduating from LSU, he joined the air force and retired as a major in 1993. After retiring, he began writing in earnest, producing the Sheriff Lansing mystery series. A widower, Micah is a father and grandfather and currently lives with his new wife, Olivia, in Spring, Texas.

About Eric G. Dove

Eric G. Dove is a full-time voice actor, musician, and author, who released his first novel, Ghosts of Royston, in 2013 and who has several Nashville song cuts to his name. The winner of multiple Earphones awards, he has narrated over seventy audiobooks. A native of Ohio, he lives in Charleston, South Carolina. For more information, visit ericgdove.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Esther on March 28, 2024

Enjoyed the different perspective from the two archaeology students. Love Sheriff Lansing’s perspective but really glad there was another perspective as well.......more

Goodreads review by Alton on September 29, 2017

Combines several genres: murder mystery, archaeology, monsters, treasure hunt, and historical drama. Small-town New Mexico sheriff discovers great-great-grandfather's journal and an emerald sculpture of a jaquar. He turns it over to University professor for research, but the professor is murdered an......more

Goodreads review by Wanda on September 19, 2022

Really glad I found this series. I enjoy it a lot. In this episode Sheriff Lansing is fighting the county commissioners over budget issues while trying to provide protection to the people of his county. Some livestock have gone missing and the son of the local tribal chief of police has been killed.......more

Goodreads review by Dave on March 13, 2022

The Dark Canyon, Sheriff Lansing Book 4, was the best of the series so far in my opinion. I could be a victim of awarding exceptional praise to my most recently completed volume, but I rolled through this mystery, placed in New Mexico, in record time. The author masterfully weaves together multiple......more

Goodreads review by J.J. on September 15, 2019

In “The Dark Canyon,” another fine addition to his Sheriff Lansing mysteries, Micah S. Hackler focuses on the academic politics of those studying the mysterious ruins in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon. But even scheming professors and graduate students are no match for the ancient Mayan spirits Hackler r......more

Quotes

“Brutal deaths, nasty academic intrigues, a 100-year-old journal, and a precious amulet draw New Mexico sheriff Cliff Lansing into this fourth adventure…The story that emerges from the old journal is a tale of treachery and perhaps mystical power that spans a century. The novel…excels in the historical background that drives the multilayered plot.” Publishers Weekly

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