Book description
Faye Longchamp and Joe Wolf Mantooth have traveled to Neshoba County,
Mississippi, to help excavate a site near Nanih Waiya, the sacred mound
where tradition says the Choctaw nation was born. When farmer Carroll
Calhoun refuses the archaeologists' request to investigate an ancient
Native American mound, Faye and her colleagues are disappointed. But his
next action breaks their hearts: he tries to bulldoze the huge relic to
the ground. Faye and Joe rush to protect history with their bodies, if
necessary. The situation grows more dangerous as Choctaws arrive to
defend the mound and the farmer's white and black neighbors come to
defend his property rights. A popular young sheriff is able to defuse
the situation, but tempers are short. That night, Calhoun is found dead,
his throat sliced with a handmade stone blade. Was he killed by an
archaeologist angered by his wanton destruction of history? Did a
Choctaw take up arms to defend an embattled heritage? Did someone decide
to even the score with an old rival? The sheriff is well-aware that Faye
and Joe were near the spot where Calhoun's body was found. The whole
county saw their confrontation with him over the mound. And their
combined knowledge of stone tools is impressive. They had motive, means,
and opportunity-but so did almost everyone in Neshoba County.
Archaelogist Faye Longchamp (Relics) with her friend Joe Wolf Mantooth
join a dig in Neshoba County, MS, to excavate a Choctaw sacred mound.
Soon they realize that on the adjacent property sits an undiscovered
mound and that the man who owns the land is about to bulldoze it into
the ground. When he is murdered, Faye and Joe become suspects as well as
amateur investigators. Starting with racial tension between blacks and
whites, Evans adds Native Americans into the mix and comes up with a
thought-provoking tale about people trying to live together. Evans lives
in Florida Mary Anna Evans has degrees in physics and engineering, but
her heart is in the past. Her series character, Faye Longchamp, lives
the exciting life of an archaeologist, and Mary Anna envies her a
little. Mary Anna's award-winning series of Faye's adventures includes
Artifacts, Relics, Effigies, Findings, Floodgates, Strangers and, new in
2011, Plunder.
