When Kathy Willoughby and her dog Mack start out on a quest to recover a valuable historical artifact, they never count on the forces working against their success. From the very first moment they set foot on the island that she will use as the base for the exploration, they are being stalked by shadowy figures bent on their destruction. As Kathy tries to unravel the centuries old secret of three words left behind by a dead Native American, she doesn’t realize that she has become the hunted instead of the hunter. The artifact has the power to rewrite history and correct injustice, so it is a threat to many people who would stand to lose substantial amounts of money and power.
The attempts on her life increase by the moment forcing her to face the decision to go on or go away. Even her dog begins to become frightened by the ordeal when he, too, is attacked.
A wide range of suspects appear on the island, but only one has the real motive to want Kathy dead. Is it the mysterious old lady who supposedly visits the island for old bones to put in her elixir or her hulking son who has his eyes set on an old musket buried among the pines? Perhaps it’s the deputy director who reluctantly gave her permission to go to the island in the first place, or is it the person behind the binoculars that flash from shore? And what about the two men who almost discover her hiding place on the island?
The reader is taken on a wild roller coaster ride of action, adventure, and suspense as Kathy uses her wits and cunning to reveal the true culprit…but is it too late?
The Sign of the Owl is a hundred page novella that takes the reader on a journey of discovery as the past comes back to bite the present and the future.
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